RTI at CIES 2024

Panel: Shifting power and practicing greater mutuality: Examples from several projects (Nell O’Donnell Weber, chair)  
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM, Zoom Room 105 

Paper session: Negotiating belongings and identities (Kristen McInerney, chair) 
6:00 – 7:30 PM, Zoom Room 101  

Panel: Mitigating the learning crisis: Evidence and lessons from literacy remedial programs in Kenya, Zambia, and Lebanon (Jessica Mejia, organizer)  
9:45 – 11:15 AM, Fourth level, 31 Flamingo  

Panel: Defying assumptions: Cascade teacher education models that work (Carmen Strigel, chair; Rakhmatov Temurbek) 
9:45 – 11:15 AM, Third level, Ibis   

Presentation: Uncovering obstacles and opportunities in education reform and development through responses during compounded crises in Lebanon
(Rajani Shrestha, Paulette Assaf)
9:45 – 11:15 AM, Terrace level, Azalea A

Presentation: What does (and doesn’t) work for engaging multi-country partners in virtual, collaborative workspaces: Lessons learned from the Play Accelerator CoP (Jonathan Stern, Rachel Jordan) 
2:45 – 4:15 PM, Terrace level, Orchid B 

Presentation: Public libraries are centers for the development of literate modern citizens (Aliia Burkitova, Nargiza Toktonazarova) 
2:45 – 4:15 PM, Terrace level, Azalea A  

Presentation: Using SEL/life skills assessments to influence policy and practice for equitable learning opportunities: Reflections from three national-level assessments (Julianne Norman) 
4:45-6:15 PM, Terrace level, 32 Orchid C 

Panel: Breaking norms, accelerating learning recovery, and building a case for equity in the Philippines (Barbara Greenwood, chair; Joseph DeStefano, discussant; Armida Elaine Trinos; Ina Aquino) 
9:30 – 11:00 AM, Third level, Stanford

Presentation: Integrated early childhood development in Cambodia: Initial data from a cluster stepped-wedge trial (Katherine Merseth King) 
9:30 – 11:00 AM, Terrace level, Turtle prefunction  

Presentation: Achieving educational equality quickly, learning equity audits, and how two countries achieved educational equality (Luis Crouch) 
9:30 - 11:00 AM, Terrace level, 32 Orchid C  

Presentation: Literacy as a catalyst for change: Developing an assessment battery to identify key reading precursors in EdTech in developing contexts (Margaret [Peggy] Dubeck) 
2:45 – 4:15 PM Terrace level, Gardenia A+B   

Panel: Disrupting the status quo of continuous teacher professional development: Alternative models for improved learning outcomes (Ana Robledo, chair; Joseph DeStefano, discussant; Ablaye Niang; Aristarick Lyimo, Alastair Rodd) 
4:45 – 6:15 PM, Terrace level, 30 Hibiscus B 

Panel: Pathways and architecture to scale: Learning from programs working at scale to improve learning outcomes (Jonathan Stern, discussant) 
8:00 – 9:30 AM, Third level, Pearson 2 

Presentation: Locally driven prototypes of future learning spaces in the Philippines: Applying education technologies to address local priorities (Elizabeth Randolph) 
9:45 – 11:15 AM, Terrace level, Orchid A 

Presentation: Promoting technology-enhanced mentoring for a sustainable teacher support system in Central Asia – Initiatives from Kyrgyzstan (Saule Khamzina) 
9:45 – 11:15 AM, Terrace level, Azalea A  

Presentation: Social emotional learning and inequalities in academic achievement: Evidence from Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, India and Vietnam (Matthew Jukes) 
2:45 – 4:15 PM, Third level, Pearson 2 

Presentation: Ignoring concepts of the nation in educational development: Comparing today’s development agenda and historical case studies of Japan and Korea (Luis Crouch) 
2:45 – 4:15 PM, Lobby level, Jazmine  

Panel: From access to learning to nudging: To nudge or not to nudge? Improving classroom instruction to achieve learning for all (Amber Gove, chair; Elizabeth Marsden; Elizabeth Randolph) 
2:45 – 4:15 PM, Terrace level, Tuttle North

Panel: Where the system meets the school: The role of middle tier leadership in supporting improved foundational literacy and numeracy (Lauren Edwards, organizer; Julianne Norman, organizer; Joseph DeStefano, chair; Cheikh Beye) 
4:45 – 6:15 PM, Third level, Pearson 2  

Panel: Climate resilience in education: Strategies for more resilient systems (Meredith McCormac, chair)  
4:45 –6:15 PM, Terrace level, Azalea B  

Presentation: Lessons learned from studies of teacher professional development in Uzbekistan (Geri Burkholder, Carmen Strigel) 
6:30 – 8:00 PM, Third level, President room 

Panel: Moving the needle: Addressing challenges in SEL/SS measurement with an emphasis on local contexts (Matthew Jukes, discussant) 
6:30 – 8:00 PM, Third level, Pearson 2 

Presentation: Data-driven decentralized school support: The use of student learning data to direct management support in Tanzania. (Alastair Rodd, Jovina Tibenda) 
9:30 to 11:00am, Terrace Level, 27 Brickell South 

Presentation: Data-driven dropout prevention in Guatemala and Honduras (Cynthia del Aguila) 
9:30 – 11:00 AM, Terrace level, 27 Brickell South 

Presentation: Using a variety of references for the ALIGN process in Uzbekistan (Yasmin Sitabkhan) 
9:30 – 11:00 AM, Third level, Foster 2  

Presentation: Philippines: A longitudinal study of language and literacy acquisition amongst Grade 2-Grade 3 learners in three mother-tongue learning environments (Mitchell Rakusin) 
9:30 – 11:00 AM, Terrace level, Azalea B  

Presentation: Meeting the challenges of bilingual education reforms in Senegal: Curriculum, communities and classroom-level change (Guitele Nicoleau) 
9:30 – 11:00 AM, Terrace level, Azalea B 

Presentation: Developing regional networks in Asia (Stephen Backman) 
1:30 – 3:00 PM, Third level, Pearson 1  

Presentation: System change in primary education: Liberating learning through revision of the National Standards Framework and Subject Standards in Kyrgyz Republic (Saule Khamzina, Medina Korda Poole) 
1:30 – 3:00 PM, Terrace level, Turtle prefunction  

Paper session: Social and justice issues in mathematics education (Wendi Ralaingita, session chair)
1:30 - 3:00 PM, Third level, Gautier 

Paper session: What do math teachers need to help their learners succeed? Research and insight on teacher professional development (Yasmin Sitabkhan, chair; Wendi Ralaingita; Rachel Jordan, Jonathan Stern) 
3:15 – 4:45 PM, Third level, 28 Miami Lecture hall 

Presentation: The use of WordCalc Tool: How can we produce leveled books for young readers that children love to read? (Tolon Omuraliev, Aizada Mamytova, Nurgul Toktogulova, Medina Korda Poole) 
3:15 – 4:45 PM, Third level, President room 

Presentation: Harnessing AI speech recognition technology for educational reading assessments amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines (Carmen Strigel) 
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM, Third level, Foster 2