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RTI at CIES 2023
Date
February 14, 2023 12:00am - February 22, 2023 11:59pm
US/Eastern
Location
Grand Hyatt
1000 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
United States
Each year, the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) gathers researchers and practitioners from around the world to provoke, engage, and inspire transformative ideas to improve education. This year, RTI is proud to share research and evidence from our work in more than 20 countries, contributing to discussions focusing on this year’s conference theme: Improving education for a more equitable world.
A leader in International Education, RTI uses evidence-based approaches to strengthen education policy, management, and practice at every level—from classrooms to national ministries—to achieve measurable improvement in education quality and, ultimately, learning outcomes.
In advance of CIES 2023, learn more about our presentations covering topics including mathematics, assessment and evaluation, learning through play, assessment-informed instruction, teacher support systems, learning equity, teacher training and professional development, and digital inclusion.
See our full listing of presentations and panels below (click arrows to expand).
Sunday, February 19
- 8:00 to 9:30am EST
Session: Navigating alternative development aid models and government to government funding in education (Jodie Fonseca, session chair; Cheikh Beye; and Guitele Nicoleau)
Location: Constitution Level (3B), Bulfinch
- 8:00 to 9:30am EST
Panel Session: Developing the quality of and access to school education for young children (Luis Crouch, session chair)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence B
- 9:45 to 11:15am EST
Presentation: Incorporating an adapted EGRA for students who are deaf onto a digital platform: Challenges and lessons learned (Carmen Strigel and Stephen Backman)
Location: Independence Level (5B), McPherson Square
- 4:45 to 6:15pm EST
Presentation: Lessons Learned from Cambodia: Adapting the EGRA for students using Braille and Sign Language (Jennifer Ryan)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence C
- 4:45 to 6:15pm EST
Presentation: Using the GPF to create mathematics student standards in Uzbekistan (Zukhra Salieva and Yasmin Sitabkhan)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence B
Monday, February 20
- 9:30 to 11:00am EST
Paper Session: Mathematics concepts and re-conceptualization: Considering instruction, curriculum and equity (Wendi Ralaingita, session chair)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence H
- 2:45 to 4:15pm EST
Presentation: Jordan reflective approach builds a more resilient education system (Rula Hussein Al-Jundi)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence E
Presentation: Measuring support for children’s engagement in learning: Psychometric properties of play toolkit (Matthew Jukes, Peggy Dubeck, Jonathan Stern, and Kellie Betts)
Location: Declaration Level (1B), Tiber Creek B
- 4:45 to 6:15pm EST
Panel Discussion: Education system strengthening across Asia: A systematic review of USAID activities and critical discussion (Meredith McCormac, session chair; Joseph DeStefano)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence B
Panel Discussion: Improving targeted student support: Updated lessons learned from assessment-informed instruction and “catch-up” studies across countries (Jonathan Stern, session chair; Mitchell Rakusin)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence D
Panel Session: Using teaching and learning materials in Uzbekistan: Lessons from observations and interviews (Yasmin Sitabkhan, session chair; Sonia Arias; Ozodjon Haydarov; Zukrah Salieva; and Chelsea Peters)
Location: Declaration Level (1B), Douglass
Tuesday, February 21
- 9:30 to 11:00am
Paper Session: Power and culture: Studying the frontiers of education change and cultural reproduction (Luis Crouch, session chair)
Location: Independence Level (5B), McPherson Square
Panel Session: Fostering quality teaching and learning through in-service trainings: Evidence from the Preparation for Social Action Program (PSA) in Uganda (Matthew Jukes, discussant)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence C
- 2:45 to 4:15pm
Panel Session: Towards learning equity: What should (and shouldn’t) be scaled up? (Luis Crouch, discussant)
Location: Independence level (5B), Independence G
Panel Session: Strengthening Sector Capacity to Assess Student Learning in the Context of Bilingualism (Guitele Nicoleau)
Location: Constitution Level (3B), Constitution C
Panel Session: Instructional Alignment in Nepal: Analysis of the integrated reading curriculum, assessments, and teacher classroom instruction (Jodie Fonseca and Gayatree Timsina)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence C
- 4:45 to 6:15pm
Panel Session: Politics of learning from the RISE program, Panel 1 (Luis Crouch, session chair and discussant)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence H
Presentation: Kyrgyz Republic: Formative and Classroom Observation Apps’ Role in Improving Teaching and Learning (Aikynai Dardakovna Iusupova and Medina Korda)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Farragut Square
Location: Declaration Level (1B), Tiber Creek B
- 6:30 to 8:00pm
Panel Session: Politics of learning from the RISE program, Panel 2 (Luis Crouch, session chair and discussant)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Lafayette Park
Presentation: Developing school-level instruments for better understanding effective numeracy instruction at scale (Yasmin Sitabkhan and Wendi Ralaingita)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence I
Wednesday, February 22
- 8:00 to 9:30am
Panel Session: The behavioral science lens: human dimensions of education system change (Simon King and Amber Gove)
Location: Constitution Level (3B), Constitution D
- 9:45 to 11:15am
Presentation: Examining teacher support systems in Uzbekistan: What support do teachers say they need and want? (Gulnoza Egamberdieva and Carmen Strigel)
Location: Constitution Level (3B), Constitution E
Presentation: Multi-Language Assessment (MLA) for young children: A screener to understand language assets (Peggy Dubeck)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence I
- 1:30 to 3:00pm
Presentation: Examining the relationship between teacher’s use of play-based pedagogies and professional development approaches in Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana (Laiba Bahrawar, Jonathan Stern, Matthew Jukes, and Rachel Jordan)
Location: Declaration Level (1B), Declaration A
Presentation: Digital inclusion and data-driven dropout prevention in Guatemala (Cynthia Del Aguila and Amber Gove)
Location: Declaration Level (1B), Tiber Creek A
Presentation: The mathematical knowledge for teaching survey (Wendi Ralaingita, Aizada Mamytova, and Yasmin Sitabkhan)
Location: Declaration Level (1B), Declaration B
Presentation: A Guidebook for Integrating SEL into Schools, Classrooms, Student Activities, and Content (Julianne Norman)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence H
- 3:15 to 4:45pm
Presentation: The Teacher Professional Support System in Nepal: A case of implementation research informing policy (Narayan Shrestha and Wendi Ralaingita)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence G
Paper Session: Supporting teacher growth in primary mathematics: Lessons from multiple contexts. (Yasmin Sitabkhan, session chair)
Location: Independence Level (5B), Independence I
