RTI at vCIES 2021: Social Responsibility Within Changing Contexts

11:30am - 2:30pm EST (8:30 to 11:30am PDT)

• Leveraging Evidence-Based Smart Buys Note for Country-Based Transformational Education Reforms | Zoom Room 119
  • Benjamin Piper

9:15 - 10:45am EST (6:15 to 7:45am PDT)

• Global COVID-19 Influences on Education | Zoom Room 113
  • Benjamin Piper, Joseph Destefano, Jonathan Stern, Chris Cummiskey

11:00am - 12:30pm EST (8:00 to 9:30am PDT)

• Beyond Effect Size: Leveraging RCTs for Policy and Programming | Zoom Room 103
  • Simon King, Maitri Punjabi
• Innovations, Successes, and Lessons Learned in the Book Supply Chain | Zoom Room 136
  • Brenda Anjuri, Benjamin Piper, Jessica Mejia
• Beyond Student Outcomes in Early Grade Mathematics: Expanding Opportunities for Measurement | Zoom Room 137
  • Yasmin Sitabkhan, Adema Zholdoshbekova
• COVID-19 Related School Disruptions: Socially Responsible Interventions that Monitor and Redress Learning Loss Exacerbated Inequities | Zoom Room 128
  • Joseph Destefano, Olivia Byler, Mitchell H. Rakusin, Mariel Gulla
• Moving Beyond Early Grade Reading: Teaching Content Area Literacy in the Upper Primary Grades | Zoom Room 124
  • Sarah Koko, Patience A. Sowa

8:30 - 10:00pm EST (5:30 to 7:00pm PDT)

• Open Education Resources and Technology for Education | Zoom Room 110-B
  • Lebah Bingo

9:15 - 10:45am EST (6:15 to 7:45am PDT)

• Assessing Student Outcomes to Inform Effectiveness, Estimate Typical Learning Gains and the Impact of High-Stakes Testing | Zoom Room 109
  • Chris Cummiskey, Jonathan Stern

2:45 - 4:15pm EST (11:45am to 1:15pm PDT) 

• Learning from Research on Implementation at Scale: Implementing Large Scale Instructional Improvement Programs in Low and Middle-Income Countries | Zoom Room 130
  • Benjamin Piper, Jonathan Stern, Matthew Jukes

4:45 - 6:15pm EST (1:45 to 3:15pm PDT)

• Gender Considerations for Social Responsibility in Education Interventions: Researcher-Practitioner Collaborations in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Tanzania | Zoom Room 117
  • Jovina Tibenda

6:30 - 8:00pm EST (3:30 to 5:00pm PDT)

• Pre-Primary Education Gaps, Implementation Solutions and System Implications | Zoom Room 106
  • Luis Crouch

10:15 - 11:45pm EST (7:15 to 8:45pm PDT)

• Fidelity of Implementation as a Research Tool for Improving Educations: Lessons from the Philippines, Ecuador and Guatemala | Zoom Room 114
  • Karon Harden

9:15 - 10:45am EST (6:15 to 7:45am PDT)

• Adapting Instruction to Context: Global Case Studies on how Language and Culture Shape the Teaching of Reading | Zoom Room 114
  • Sarah Pouezevara
• Fostering a Better Enabling Environment for Youth Skill-Building through Strong Multi-Stakeholder Engagement | Zoom Room 132
  • Joyce Wafula

10:15 - 10:45am EST (6:15 to 7:45am PDT)

• Mind the Gap: Understanding Education Inequality in Developing Countries | Zoom Room 133
  • Timothy Slade, Luis Crouch

10:15 - 11:45am EST  (7:15 to 8:45pm PDT)

• Early Child Development across Two Continents – from Theory to Practice | Zoom Room 115
  • Tabitha Kilonzo Nduku, Benjamin Piper, Katherine King, Michael Willoughby

11:00am - 12:30pm EST (8:00 - 9:30am PDT)

• Social Responsibility through Collaboration, Innovation, and Partnership in the Malawi National Reading Program | Zoom Room 125
  • Barbara Greenwood

2:45 - 4:15pm EST (11:45am to 1:15pm PDT)

• Measuring Learning through Play in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Innovations across Contexts | Zoom Room 129
  • Matthew Jukes, Jonathan Stern, Benjamin Piper
• Education, Migration and Economic Opportunity in the Northern Triangle | Zoom Room 124
  • Amber Gove

4:45 - 6:15pm EST (1:45 to 3:15pm PDT)

• Best Practices on Effective Social-Emotional Learning and Soft Skills Interventions through Distance Learning | Zoom Room 124
  • Elizabeth Randolph

9:15 - 10:35am EST (6:15 to 7:45am PDT)

• Alternative Models for Effective Instructional Coaching: Learning in the Time of Coronavirus, Cost-Awareness, and Social Responsibility | Zoom Room 112
  • Patrick Karnley
• Learning Lessons from Positive Cases: Examining Enabling Conditions and Supports for Early-Grade Reading in Nepal | Zoom 114
  • Narayan Shrestha, Gayatree Timsina, Sagar Neupane, Wendi Ralaingita, Tara Nath Poudel, Yogendra Gandhari

10:00 - 11:30am EST (8:00 to 9:30am PDT)

• We Say Teachers are Central. Are We Centering their Voices? | Zoom Room 118
  • Wendi Ralaingita, Yasmin Sitabkhan, Karon Harden, Timothy Slade

12:00 - 1:30pm EST (10:00 to 11:30am PDT)

• Publicizing Public Goods in Education: New Evidence and Tools to Improve the Sector | Zoom Room 120
  • Benjamin Piper, Jessica Mejia, Wendi Ralaingita, Julianne Norman
• The Present and Future of Technology-Supported Teacher Coaching | Zoom Room 118
  • Matt Finholt-Daniel, Carmen Strigel

1:45 - 4:15pm EST (11:45am to 1:15pm PDT)

• Innovation in Research Methods to Study Education Systems | Zoom Room 114
  • Matthew Jukes, Benjamin Piper, Jonathan Stern

4:45 - 6:15pm EST (1:45 to 3:15pm PDT)

• Training and Technology: Successful Use of Technology-Based Teacher Training Models | Zoom Room 107
  • Jovina Tibenda, Elizabeth Long, Patience Sowa
• Effective use of Technology to Improve Data Collection and Reporting in Low Connectivity Countries | Zoom Room 117
  • Bidemi Carrol, Mitchell H. Rakusin, Ana Robledo
• Practical and Useful Tools: Collecting Sensitive Data, Measuring Resilience, and Visualizing Your Data | Zoom Room 113
  • Maitri Punjabi, Julianne Norman, Lauren Edwards