Registration is open for the sixth biennial CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood, April 13 at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center.
Early registration is encouraged due to limited seating. If space is available, registration will remain open through Tuesday, March 15.
CYFS and the College of Education and Human Sciences will host a series of research presentations beginning Jan. 10 covering social, behavioral and educational challenges important to Nebraska and beyond. Each presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
Name: Maggie Montoya
Job title: Proposal Development Coordinator
Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska
Where did you work prior to joining CYFS? What was your role there, and what did it entail?
“I have roughly 10 years of experience working in various nonprofits throughout Lincoln. Most recently, I served as the development director at a local nonprofit centered on moving important environmental issues forward throughout Nebraska. I was responsible for meeting the organization’s income needs through grant writing, fundraising and donor engagement.”
Maria Elena Oliveri, associate director of psychometric consulting at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Buros Center for Testing, led the second presentation of the Fall 2021 Methodology Applications Series Dec. 10.
Video is now available of her virtual presentation, “Fairness in Assessment: The Imperative of Equity, Anti-racism and Justice.”
Despite the unusual circumstances of the past year and a half, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools has remained focused on impacting lives through research that advances learning and development.
With diverse partners in research, practice and policy, CYFS has continued work to address the social, behavioral and educational needs of communities in Nebraska and beyond — both amid and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elizabeth Tipton, associate professor of statistics at Northwestern University, led the Fall 2021 Nebraska Methodology Workshop Series Nov. 4 and 5.
The two-day event was presented by the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics.
In her Nov. 4 research keynote, “Causal Generalizations: Building Connections Between Science and Policy,” Tipton reflected on her work as a statistician developing methods to improve the external validity of high internal validity designs. She discussed her design and analysis of individual field trials, as well as the collection of evidence across trials using meta-analysis.
HyeonJin Yoon, research assistant professor, Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics, is assessing the validity of a new evaluation method for targeted educational interventions for students placed at risk.
Regression discontinuity design (RDD) is an evaluation that assesses the impact of a need-based, targeted intervention. It relies on a cutoff point on an assignment measure that typically evaluates participants’ need, or threshold, above or below which an intervention is assigned. By comparing post-test scores around the cutoff, researchers can identify the intervention’s impact on a given outcome.
The latest early childhood research across the University of Nebraska system was the main topic of discussion during the Fall 2021 NAECR Networking event Nov. 18.
Presentations highlighted recently funded projects, new findings and collaborative efforts.
