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Core Comprehensive ExaminationDr. Gary Miron, William J. Mathis, Elana Tornquist, and Jessica Urschel, completed the study "Schools Without Diversity: Education Management Organizations, Charter Schools, and the Demographic Stratification of the American School System." This report explores the highly debated question as to whether charter schools increase or decrease school segregation.
Jason Davey, a doctoral student in the Evaluation, Measurement, and Research program co-authored an article for the research journal Transfusion. The title of the article is, "Paired crossover study of two plateletpheresis systems concerning platelet product quality and donor comfort."
Katie Daniels, doctoral student in Evaluation, Measurement, and Research in the Department of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology was a recipient of the Association for Institutional Research/ National Center for Education Statistics Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions Fellowship for academic years 2008-09 and 2009-10. In June 2009, Katie attended the Association for Institutional Research National Summer Data Policy Institute.
Katie also participated as an expert panelist for the WMU Graduate College Assessment Rubric Competition and made the following presentations in November:
- AEA - Dealing with Existing Data: The Benefits and Pitfalls
- MI Association for Institutional Research - Creating a Useful, Valid, Reliable, and Accepted Student Evaluation of Teaching
- MI Association for Institutional Research - Identifying and Assessing Civic Engagement Indicators
- Congratulations to Dr. Liliana Rodriquez, alumnae of evaluation, measurement and research, and board president of the American Evaluation Association, for receiving the AEA Marcia Guttentag Award. The award is presented to a promising new evaluator during the first five years after completion of his or her Master's or Doctoral degree and whose work is consistent with the AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluators.
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