Events and Conferences

REL Webinar: Perspectives on Incorporating Teacher Feedback into Principal Evaluations

REL Mid-Atlantic held a free, 60-minute webinar and panel discussion on incorporating staff feedback in evaluations of school principals.

Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?

Earlier this year, the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 was introduced to raise the federal minimum wage. Mathematica's Paul Decker moderated a discussion with experts sharing differing views on if and how an increase should be put into place.

Expanding Work-Based Learning and Transition Opportunities: Lessons from Vermont

Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy held a webinar on lessons learned from Vermont’s Linking Learning to Careers initiative that can inform how other programs enhance their transition programs.

Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: Scaling Up and Sustaining Strategies That Work

The workforce that provides care to frail older adults and people with disabilities face extraordinary challenges, especially during the pandemic. Learn about evidence-based solutions that can strengthening the direct care workforce and how to expand these efforts.

Lessons Learned and Methodological Insights from LAC Reads to Improve Education Evaluations

Launched in 2012, LAC Reads was an ambitious initiative led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and a host of partners to generate and use evidence about what works to address the early literacy crisis across much of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Responsive Relationships in the ECE Workforce: Improving Knowledge and Care for Young Children

This recorded conference presentation is from the Society for Research in Child Development conference in 2021.

Ask Mathematica Anything: Leading and Lagging Indicators of COVID-19 and Public Health

Mathematica's Senior Statistician Aparna Keshaviah held an informal conversation about the way leading and lagging indicators such as wastewater testing can help predict the spread of COVID-19 and other threats to public health.

Rethinking Data for Improvement, Accountability, and Support Under COVID-19

This webinar is designed for a broad national audience of state and district education leaders and other educators who are interested in the topic.

Lessons from the World’s First Maternal Health Development Impact Bond

The Oxford Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) held a webinar on Wednesday, March 17, for the third session of its online convening series, Engaging with Evidence, to learn about new evidence and insights from partners involved in the Utkrisht DIB.

Supporting Student Engagement in Remote Instruction: Lessons from New Jersey

A free webinar reviewed the collaborative work between REL Mid-Atlantic and the New Jersey Department of Education to better understand the challenges and opportunities of promoting student engagement during the pandemic.

Introducing the HomVEE Version 2 Handbook: An Overview of Updated Procedures and Standards for Conducting the Annual Evidence Review

For the first time since its inception, HomVEE has substantially revised several procedures and standards that govern its review.

Dive Deep, Explore, and Refine Medicaid Data with Imersis, a New T-MSIS Data Quality Tool from Mathematica and NewWave

State Medicaid programs are under increasing pressure to improve the quality of their Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) data to comply with federal requirements.