Systemic Evaluation Conference

Wisconsin Center for Education Research
March 12-14, 1997

Agenda

Wednesday, March 12
8:00 - 9:00 p.m. Reception at the Concourse Hotel, Room 638
Thursday, March 13
8:00 - 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 Opening Remarks
Norman Webb, NISE
8:45 - 9:45 Opening Plenary Session - Evaluation of the NSF's SSI Program
Patrick Shields, SRI International
9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 11:00 Paper Session 1
Room 259 - Jim Ridgway
Room 253 - Jane Butler Kahle
Room 654 - Okhee Lee
13th Floor Boardroom - Charles Bruckerhoff
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:30 Panel on Evaluation Designs of Systemic Initiatives: Constraints, Issues, and Problems--Sally Bond, Horizon Research; Sandra O'Neal, Accountability and Development Associates; Zoe Barley, Western Michigan University; Rose Asera, University of Texas-Austin
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 Thinking Session 1 - Design of Models for Evaluating Systemic Initiatives
• district-wide systems
• state-wide systems
Room 259 - Paul LeMahieu
Room 253 - Susan Cohen
Room 654 - John Wright
Room 794 - Susan Millar
13th Floor Boardroom - Tom Romberg
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:15 Paper Session 2
Room 259 - Charles Bruckerhoff
Room 654 - Jane Butler Kahle
Room 794 - Okhee Lee
13th Floor Boardroom - Jim Ridgway
Friday, March 14, 1997
8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:45 Panel on Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Evaluating Systemic Initiatives
John Witte, UW, Political Science; Karen Holden, LaFollette Institute of Public Affairs
9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 11:30 Thinking Session 2
Room 259 - Paul LeMahieu
Room 253 - Susan Cohen
Room 794 - John Wright
Room 955 - Susan Millar
13th Floor Boardroom - Tom Romberg
11:30 - 11:45 Break
11:45 - 12:30 Paper Session 3
Room 259 - Jane Butler Kahle
Room 253 - Jim Ridgway
Room 794 - Charles Bruckerhoff
13th Floor Boardroom - Okhee Lee
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:45 Sketching of Systemic Evaluation Models
2:45 - 3:00 Closing Comments and Adjourn

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