December 2022 Newsletter

In This Issue...

Upcoming Events
Join SREE for 2023
Thank You Sponsors and Institutional Members
A Note from the Executive Director
2022 Member Highlights
Institutional Member Corner: Harvard Strategic Data Project
Institutional Member Corner: NYU Steinhardt
On the Job Market? Check the SREE Job Board

Upcoming Events

January

January 17; 1pm - 2:30pm ET | Data Equity Workshop Series
Key Elements of Equity for RCTs: How to Embed Transparency and Account for Cultural Bias

The last in a series of short workshops that will explore practical tools and choice points in aligning educational research with equity goals. Each workshop will be facilitated by the We All Count team. Each will include a 45-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute educational case study example followed by 30 minutes of live discussion and Q&A.

September

September 27-30; 2023 Conference
Arlington, Virginia

Join SREE for 2023

We invite you to renew your membership or join SREE for the first time in 2023. Be a part of our community of researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and organizations who seek to create and apply effectiveness research to achieve better, more equitable educational outcomes. This year, you have the option of joining for 1 or 2 years, with a discount available to those that select the two-year option. Your membership allows us to continue offering the most relevant programs and resources to those within the education research field.

Here are some of the ways you can engage with SREE in 2023, with more to come!

Join us at the 2023 Annual Conference in Arlington, Virginia from September 27 - 30
This popular webinar series, Critical Perspectives in Quantitative Methods, will be coming back in 2023! Be on the lookout for the first one coming in January.
Interested in joining a committee? SREE will be looking for individuals who wish to be involved in the Early Career Award selection process and Summer Fellowship program!
Join the mailing list of any of our affinity groups, to stay updated with the latest news with Researchers of Color, Women in Quantitative Methods, and the new Open Science affinity group. Sign up when joining/renewing your membership or email [email protected] to be added to the list.
Access all of SREE's webinars and resources in a new online library to be released in 2023!

Thank You Sponsors and Institutional Members

Thank you to our partners for 2022! The support of Sponsors and Institutional Members allows SREE to continue offering quality programs, resources, and opportunities for those in the education research community.

A Note from the Executive Director

As 2022 comes to a close, I want to thank the 100’s of SREE volunteers who make this organization so successful. A professional society cannot function without the expertise of its members—any so many of you have given your time to serve as journal and conference reviewers, conference discussants, conference committee program and section chairs, award selection committee members, board members, mentors, and speakers.

I hope that you found value in being a part of SREE in 2022 and look forward to serving you in the year to come.

Ellen Weiss, Executive Director
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness

2022 Member Highlights

We asked our members to send us their highlights and successes from the past year. Take a look at the news they shared!

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Institutional Member Corner: Harvard Strategic Data Project

SDP Fellows tackle critical data challenges in education for PK12 and postsecondary education organizations. Over the course of their two-year placement as full-time employees of these partner agencies, they receive training, support, and resources from the Harvard Strategic Data Project to execute key analytic projects. Former SDP Fellow, Arpi Karapetyan, was tasked by her placement organization, The Cowen Institute at Tulane University, to address a public data access issue in the city of New Orleans. Karapetyan cross-referenced state education data and local library records to establish a comprehensive database of all schools in New Orleans, where some 99 percent of all public-school students attend charter schools.

After Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, all public schools were closed for several months and the local school district was dissolved. The state took over most schools, closed about half, and reopened or remanded the rest to charter-management organizations. This destabilizing event and decentralized model destroyed the historical record tracking city schools over time. A new comprehensive database of schools, school closures, and school transitions can democratize data access, contribute to the city’s historical record, and allow researchers to analyze the impacts of school closures and re-openings more completely. As Karapetyan notes, “It’s important to allow the public to understand what’s going on in their city.”

Read more about Karapetyan's work in our most recent blog post, as well as other stories of impact, including SDP Fellows at post-secondary CTE institutions tackling projects about tracking student outcomes and understanding local employer needs.

If you're looking to take the next step in your career, consider applying to become a Strategic Data Project Fellow. The next application deadline is January 18, 2023. Learn more by visiting our website or joining an upcoming informational webinar.

Institutional Member Corner: NYU Steinhardt

Lauren Mims, NYU Steinhardt NYU Steinhardt's Lauren Mims, assistant professor of applied psychology, has been awarded a $1.05 million grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health to help support the mental health of, and prevent suicide in, Black youth.

This research is a direct response to a call set forth in 2019 by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to help curtail the worrying rise in suicide rates for Black children and teenagers. Data from a report released by the CBC Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health shows that suicide is the second leading cause of death for Black youth ages ten to nineteen years old, and that the suicide death rate among Black youth is increasing faster than for any other racial or ethnic group. Learn more about this impactful research.

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