Events and Conferences

Measuring Educational Performance for Improvement: A Framework for Diagnostic Use of Data

In this free webinar, REL Mid-Atlantic and a panel of experts and stakeholders discuss a new framework for making sense of school performance measures, informed by the REL’s collaborative work with state and local agencies.

Leaders from IFAD, MCC, and USAID Discuss Evidence Informed Climate Action

Discussion topics included: how increased urgency around climate change is shifting priorities to focus on strategies such as climate change adaptation, the biggest barriers and opportunities to achieving success, and how data and research can help overcome these barriers.

Helping States Expand and Diversify Registered Apprenticeships

Mathematica and the Urban Institute partner on a December 3 webinar about apprenticeships.

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.

Changes in Academic Achievement and the Use of Online Learning Applications in Pittsburgh Public Schools During Remote Instruction in the COVID-19 Pandemic

A webinar was held on understanding where the learning lags occurred in your school and who was most affected.

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.

KEEP Fathers Engaged Project: Advancing Equity in Fatherhood Programs

Mathematica hosted a webinar on anti-bias and anti-racism strategies that human services programs serving fathers have used to build a culture of inclusivity and better engage and meet the needs of fathers.

Supporting Families: Community Forum on Findings from the 2015 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grants

The Administration for Children and Families and Mathematica held a community forum that highlighted the latest evidence about healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood programs.

Implementing High-Quality Primary Care in California: A Policy Roundtable

Mathematica held a webinar for a brief overview of the national consensus recommendations and a panel discussion with California health care experts about how to strengthen primary care in the Golden State.

The Vital Role of Health Care Payers in Addressing Social Determinants of Health to Advance Equity

Mathematica held a webinar with policy experts who discussed the ways that payers can change how they pay for health care to advance health equity by helping providers better address patients’ health-related social needs.

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.

Centering Equity in the Development of Federal Policies and Evaluations

Improving the well-being of marginalized and underserved communities requires changing the systems, structures, and policies that create inequities.

Experiences with We Grow Together, a Professional Development System to Support Caregiver-Child Interactions for Infants and Toddlers

This June 2021 webinar with Mathematica's partners at Zero to Three provides insights on We Grow Together (WGT), a professional development system designed to support caregiver-child interactions for infants and toddlers.

Howard University/Mathematica Computational Social Science Institute on Countering Anti-Black Racism and Inequity

Howard University and Mathematica are partnered to launch the first Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) program hosted by a historically Black college or university.

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).

Dismantling Disparities in Communities: Resources and Tools to Advance Systems Change

Researchers from Mathematica and Equal Measure shared a suite of new tools and resources that distill practical lessons from a vast body of research on place-based systems change.

Designing Agricultural Development Projects to Empower Women: A Conversation with Agnes Quisumbing

Women play an important role in nutrition-sensitive agricultural projects, and we need to learn more about the impact these projects have on improving women’s empowerment and gender equality.

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.

Primary Care and Public Health Partnerships in the Era of COVID-19: Collaborating to Improve Preparedness, Build Resilience, and Address Inequities

Experts discussed lessons learned and opportunities for action that can strengthen primary care and public health partnerships.

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.

The Future of Literacy in Latin America: How Evidence from LAC Reads Can Help Close Early Reading Gaps

USAID and Mathematica convened the global education community for a conversation about the current state of evidence-based education and how insights from the LAC Reads project can help light the path to improving literacy across the LAC region.

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.

A Fireside Chat About Race, Gender, and Perseverance with Dr. LaVerne H. Council

In celebration of Black History Month, Mathematica’s Black Employee Resource Group is excited and honored to host Dr. LaVerne H. Council for a fireside chat on Friday, February 19.

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.

Evaluating Two-Generation Approaches: Integrating Partnerships and Embedding Equity

Focusing on both parents and children, two-generation programs are designed to improve adults’ earning capacity and enhance life’s opportunities for children who live in poverty.

Advancing Understanding of Health Care Delivery Using the AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems

Mathematica held a webinar to learn more about the Compendium data and linkage files and how this valuable resource can shed light on important policy questions about health systems.