[gov3009-l] Daniel Koretz: Wed@noon, Applied Stats Wkshop

*************************************** Research Workshop in Applied Statistics *************************************** Join us at noon this Wednesday, May 5 at CBRSS, the Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences (34 Kirkland Street, Room 22) for Daniel Koretz and "Evaluating the Corruption of Scores from Behavioral Responses to Measurement" SPEAKER PROFILE ----------------- Daniel Koretz is a professor at the Graduate School of Education. He focuses primarily on educational assessment, particularly as a tool of education policy. His recent work has included studies of the validity of gains in high- stakes testing programs, the effects of testing programs on schooling, the assessment of students with disabilities, international differences in the influences on mathematics achievement, and the effects of alternative systems of college admissions. His currently funded research focuses on new methods of evaluating progress in high-stakes testing programs, the application of value- added methods to educational accountability, and the use of alternatives to conventional college-admissions tests. As always, lunch will be provided. Contact information, the current schedule, and previous presentations may be found at the course web site: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~gov3009/ ****************************************** The Research Workshop in Applied Statistics is a forum for graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars to present and discuss work in progress and exchange ideas. It is intended as a tour of Harvard's statistical innovations and applications with weekly stops in different disciplines such as economics, epidemiology, medicine, political science, psychology, public policy, public health, sociology and statistics. The topics of papers presented in previous years included missing data, survey analysis, Bayesian simulation, sample selection, and models for election and portfolio choice. Faculty and student participants in the workshop present their current projects, and guest speakers also give occasional presentations. The workshop provides an excellent opportunity for informal interaction between graduate students and faculty from a variety of disciplines. Course credit is available for students as either an upper-level Government or Sociology class. Lunch is provided. If you are interested, note that all events are held at noon, in Room 22, Center for Basic Research in Social Sciences (CBRSS, 34 Kirkland St., this is the yellow building across the street from William James Hall). Contact information and previous presentations may be found at the course web site: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~gov3009/ To join the gov3009 mailing list, send e-mail to gov3009-l-request(a)fas.harvard.edu with the following text message: subscribe end