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Strategic Data Project Convening 2019

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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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 DistrictsBreakout Session Stratton, Third FloorBill DeBaun • MorraLee Keller • Amy Fineburg • Roxana Del Campo • Kevin Salkas Different Shades of Attendance—Examining Attendance Data beyond ADA and Chronic AbsenceBreakout Session Longfellow B, First FloorTim Schmandt • Hannah Page • Jing Che • Richard DiSalvo • Ray Giamartino Leveraging Data to Improve the Equity of Student Assignment to Effective TeachersLimited seats remain Agassiz, Third FloorLaura Booker • Mary Batiwalla • Sylvia Flowers • Elliotte Kinzer Nudging Parents to Choose Better Schools: How Information Design Drives ActionBreakout Session Longfellow A, First FloorIra Nichols-Barrer Show Me the Growth Data: Improving Transparency and Communication about Accountability MeasuresLimited seats remain Kennedy A, First FloorTaryn Hochleitner Using Data to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in SchoolsLimited seats remain Kennedy B, First FloorLee Teitel • Derek Stampone • Andre Rodrigues • Akisha Jones • Samuel Moulton Working with School-Site Expenditure Data: What We Need to Know to Assess Equity and EfficiencyBreakout Session Rogers, Third FloorJason Becker • Justin Dayhoff

10:45am EDT

PIER Summit Pitch Competition Regattabar, Third Floor

11:00am EDT

Alumni Roundtable — Financial AnalysesBreakout Session Charles Ballroom, Third FloorBo Yan Alumni Roundtable — Leveraging Google SheetsBreakout Session Charles Ballroom, Third FloorDan Wick Alumni Roundtable — Measuring SEL and Student EngagementSession is full Charles Ballroom, Third FloorTara Chiatovich Alumni Roundtable — NWEA MAP AnalysesBreakout Session Charles Ballroom, Third FloorDavid Furlow Alumni Roundtable — Working with Your Information Technology Leaders and VendorsBreakout Session Charles Ballroom, Third FloorMatt Goodlaw Capstone Roundtable — A System for Measuring Improvement of New York’s Lowest-Performing SchoolsSession is full Longfellow B, First FloorJeffrey Fletcher • Andrew Morozov Capstone Roundtable — Building a Culture of Data Use in Fulton County SchoolsSession is full Charles Ballroom, Third FloorKim Richards Capstone Roundtable — Creating an Integrated Enterprise District Data WarehouseLimited seats remain Kennedy B, First FloorPaul Houchens Capstone Roundtable — De-Mystifying Accountability Targets in MassachusettsLimited seats remain Kennedy B, First FloorMonica Hogan Capstone Roundtable — Developing a Methodological Toolbox for Data Analysts at the Syracuse City School DistrictLimited seats remain Charles Ballroom, Third FloorWilliam Wagner-Flynn Capstone Roundtable — Diving Deep into Teacher QualityBreakout Session Longfellow A, First FloorGregory Kibler Capstone Roundtable — How to Produce Actionable Evidence from Program EvaluationsLimited seats remain Charles Ballroom, Third FloorAbigail Todhunter-Reid Capstone Roundtable — Improving Teacher Evaluation in Tennessee: Increasing Accuracy, Strengthening FeedbackBreakout Session Charles Ballroom, Third FloorKevin Schaaf Capstone Roundtable — Is Our Theory of Change Working? A New Approach to Improvement Science at CityBridge EducationSession is full Kennedy B, First FloorSavannah Gress Capstone Roundtable — Looking Past the “Vault”: Leveraging New Ways to Track College GraduatesLimited seats remain Kennedy A, First FloorSue Mujherjee Capstone Roundtable — Maybe you shouldn’t use that logistic regression. How Atlanta Public Schools simplified and revamped their early warning system.Limited seats remain Comstock, Third FloorThomas Price Capstone Roundtable — Nevertheless, they persisted? A Case Study of the Louisiana Educates Pilot ProgramBreakout Session Kennedy A, First FloorKate Babineau Capstone Roundtable — On Demand Data for All: Strategies for Supporting Data-Driven Culture at Relay Graduate School of EducationLimited seats remain Charles Ballroom, Third FloorDaniel Stuckey Capstone Roundtable — Targeting success when the goal keeps movingBreakout Session Kennedy A, First FloorDanielle Blasczak Capstone Roundtable — The request behind the request: program evaluation for continuous improvementBreakout Session Longfellow A, First FloorJonathan 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 ImprovementLimited seats remain Kennedy A, First FloorSharon Bi • Karen Tzong • Kevin Hoffman • Kristen Rohanna Fighting the Good Fight: Organizing Market Forces for Data Interoperability, Integration, & PrivacyLimited seats remain Kennedy B, First FloorSean 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.Breakout Session Longfellow B, First FloorTatiana Poladko How have Performance-Based Awards Programs evolved?Breakout Session Stratton, Third FloorBrandi Holten • Hannah Page • Cara Jackson • Jeremiah Johnson • Shanna Ricketts Improving Strategic Use of Financial ResourcesBreakout Session Longfellow A, First FloorSteve Leach • Bo Yan • Dena Dossett New Approaches to Improving College ReadinessBreakout Session Rogers, Third FloorWhitney Kozakowski • Bethany King Wilkes • John Fink • Christine Mokher • Angela Boatman Using Data to Drive Equity in Response to Student BehaviorLimited seats remain Agassiz, Third FloorLynzi • 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