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This year’s conference theme, "Strength in Numbers," is a celebration of a decade of data-informed progress from across our network and an opportunity to discuss our future direction. Join us for our 10th-anniversary celebration. We will look back at the evidence-informed progress we’ve made as a sector but also look forward to the pressing issues of the day. This year the event will take place at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA from May 20–22, 2019. 

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Tuesday, May 21
 

7:30am EDT

Role-based Breakfast Charles Ballroom, Third FloorMiriam Greenberg • Jon Fullerton • Alison Guerriero

8:00am EDT

PIER Summit Regattabar, Third Floor

8:30am EDT

Ed-Talks Charles Ballroom, Third Floor

9:30am EDT

An Obstacle for Every Season: Lessons Learned from Changing Postsecondary Advising in 20 Districts Stratton, Third FloorBreakout SessionBill DeBaun • MorraLee Keller • Amy Fineburg • Roxana Del Campo • Kevin Salkas Different Shades of Attendance—Examining Attendance Data beyond ADA and Chronic Absence Longfellow B, First FloorBreakout SessionTim Schmandt • Hannah Page • Jing Che • Richard DiSalvo • Ray Giamartino Leveraging Data to Improve the Equity of Student Assignment to Effective Teachers Agassiz, Third FloorLimited seats remainLaura Booker • Mary Batiwalla • Sylvia Flowers • Elliotte Kinzer Nudging Parents to Choose Better Schools: How Information Design Drives Action Longfellow A, First FloorBreakout SessionIra Nichols-Barrer Show Me the Growth Data: Improving Transparency and Communication about Accountability Measures Kennedy A, First FloorLimited seats remainTaryn Hochleitner Using Data to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Schools Kennedy B, First FloorLimited seats remainLee Teitel • Derek Stampone • Andre Rodrigues • Akisha Jones • Samuel Moulton Working with School-Site Expenditure Data: What We Need to Know to Assess Equity and Efficiency Rogers, Third FloorBreakout SessionJason Becker • Justin Dayhoff

10:45am EDT

PIER Summit Pitch Competition Regattabar, Third Floor

11:00am EDT

Alumni Roundtable — Financial Analyses Charles Ballroom, Third FloorBreakout SessionBo Yan Alumni Roundtable — Leveraging Google Sheets Charles Ballroom, Third FloorBreakout SessionDan Wick Alumni Roundtable — Measuring SEL and Student Engagement Charles Ballroom, Third FloorSession is fullTara Chiatovich Alumni Roundtable — NWEA MAP Analyses Charles Ballroom, Third FloorBreakout SessionDavid Furlow Alumni Roundtable — Working with Your Information Technology Leaders and Vendors Charles Ballroom, Third FloorBreakout SessionMatt Goodlaw Capstone Roundtable — A System for Measuring Improvement of New York’s Lowest-Performing Schools Longfellow B, First FloorSession is fullJeffrey Fletcher • Andrew Morozov Capstone Roundtable — Building a Culture of Data Use in Fulton County Schools Charles Ballroom, Third FloorSession is fullKim Richards Capstone Roundtable — Creating an Integrated Enterprise District Data Warehouse Kennedy B, First FloorLimited seats remainPaul Houchens Capstone Roundtable — De-Mystifying Accountability Targets in Massachusetts Kennedy B, First FloorLimited seats remainMonica Hogan Capstone Roundtable — Developing a Methodological Toolbox for Data Analysts at the Syracuse City School District Charles Ballroom, Third FloorLimited seats remainWilliam Wagner-Flynn Capstone Roundtable — Diving Deep into Teacher Quality Longfellow A, First FloorBreakout SessionGregory Kibler Capstone Roundtable — How to Produce Actionable Evidence from Program Evaluations Charles Ballroom, Third FloorLimited seats remainAbigail Todhunter-Reid Capstone Roundtable — Improving Teacher Evaluation in Tennessee: Increasing Accuracy, Strengthening Feedback Charles Ballroom, Third FloorBreakout SessionKevin Schaaf Capstone Roundtable — Is Our Theory of Change Working? A New Approach to Improvement Science at CityBridge Education Kennedy B, First FloorSession is fullSavannah Gress Capstone Roundtable — Looking Past the “Vault”: Leveraging New Ways to Track College Graduates Kennedy A, First FloorLimited seats remainSue Mukherjee Capstone Roundtable — Maybe you shouldn’t use that logistic regression. How Atlanta Public Schools simplified and revamped their early warning system. Comstock, Third FloorLimited seats remainThomas Price Capstone Roundtable — Nevertheless, they persisted? A Case Study of the Louisiana Educates Pilot Program Kennedy A, First FloorBreakout SessionKate Babineau Capstone Roundtable — On Demand Data for All: Strategies for Supporting Data-Driven Culture at Relay Graduate School of Education Charles Ballroom, Third FloorLimited seats remainDaniel Stuckey Capstone Roundtable — Targeting success when the goal keeps moving Kennedy A, First FloorBreakout SessionDanielle Blasczak Capstone Roundtable — The request behind the request: program evaluation for continuous improvement Longfellow A, First FloorBreakout SessionJonathan McIlroy

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Charles Ballroom, Third Floor

12:50pm EDT

Presentation of the PIER Summit Awards Charles Ballroom, Third Floor

1:00pm EDT

Remarks by Lawrence S. Bacow, President of Harvard University Charles Ballroom, Third FloorLawrence Bacow

1:15pm EDT

Behind the Numbers: Boston Valedictorians Project Charles Ballroom, Third FloorBridget Long • Madelyn Disla • Malcolm Gay • Meghan Irons • Abadur Rahman • Joshua Goodman

2:30pm EDT

Creating a Culture of Inquiry and Continuous Improvement Kennedy A, First FloorLimited seats remainSharon Bi • Karen Tzong • Kevin Hoffman • Kristen Rohanna Fighting the Good Fight: Organizing Market Forces for Data Interoperability, Integration, & Privacy Kennedy B, First FloorLimited seats remainSean Casey • Mark Luetzelschwab • Erin Mote • Amelia Vance • Billy Buchanan How can we lower barriers to college access and students’ success? Let’s ask some students. Longfellow B, First FloorBreakout SessionTatiana Poladko How have Performance-Based Awards Programs evolved? Stratton, Third FloorBreakout SessionBrandi Holten • Hannah Page • Cara Jackson • Jeremiah Johnson • Shanna Ricketts Improving Strategic Use of Financial Resources Longfellow A, First FloorBreakout SessionSteve Leach • Bo Yan • Dena Dossett New Approaches to Improving College Readiness Rogers, Third FloorBreakout SessionWhitney Kozakowski • Bethany King Wilkes • John Fink • Christine Mokher • Angela Boatman Using Data to Drive Equity in Response to Student Behavior Agassiz, Third FloorLimited seats remainLynzi • Shannon Stackhouse • Danielle Cooper-Williams

4:00pm EDT

Feature Film: Unlikely Regattabar, Third FloorMiriam Greenberg • Christina Whitfield • Jaci King

6:30pm EDT

Decade of Data Dinner and Banquet Charles Ballroom, Third Floor