Building Better Students: Preparation for Life After High School
Research Conference
Welcome Reception
Keynote Address
Jim Shelton — U.S. Department of Education
Opening Remarks
Felice Levine — American Educational Research Association
Kurt Landgraf — Educational Testing Service
Tom Rudin — The College Board
Session I: College Readiness: Noncognitive
Chair: Richard D. Roberts, Educational Testing Service
Roger Weissberg — University of Illinois, Chicago
"Promoting the Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning of All Students"
Alberto Cabrera and Erin W. Bibo — University of Maryland
"Starting Early, Staying on Track: A Chronological Review of Critical Steps Along the Path to College"
Elena Silva — Education Sector
"The Policy Push for College and Career Readiness"
Nathan Kuncel — University of Minnesota
"Real and Imaginary Concerns in Assessing College Readiness"
Keynote Address
Jane Oates — U.S. Department of Labor
Jean Grossman — U.S. Department of Labor
Session II: Workforce and Career Readiness:
Noncognitive
Chair: Bobby Naemi, Educational Testing Service
Paul Sackett — University of Minnesota
"What We Know about Non-Cognitive Constructs and Workplace Outcomes"
David Kravitz — George Mason University
"Preparing Students for Workplace Diversity: Some Research Implications"
Steven Robbins — ACT, Inc.
"Creating an Aligned Assessment System to Promote Work Training Readiness and Career Success"
Jill Casner-Lotto and Teresita Wisell — Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education, Westchester Community College
"Supporting Immigrant Students: Community College Pathways to Career Success"
Session III: College Readiness: Cognitive
Chair: Krista Mattern, The College Board
A. Wade Boykin — Howard University
"Going Broader and Deeper in Understanding How to Close the Achievement Gap(s)"
Phillip Bowman — National Center for Institutional Diversity, The University of Michigan
"Understanding and Improving the Efficacy of Pipeline Interventions: A Comprehensive Social Psychological Approach"
James Rosenbaum — Northwestern University
"Building Better Students by Building Better College Procedures"
Neal Schmitt — Michigan State University
"Combining Cognitive and Non-cognitive Measures: Expanding the Domain of College Performance and its Prediction"
Keynote Address
The Honorable Roy Romer — The College Board
Session IV: Workforce and Career Readiness: Cognitive
Chair: Jeremy Burrus, Educational Testing Service
David Conley — Education Policy Improvement Center (EPIC), Center for Educational Policy Research (CEPR), University of Oregon
"From Unidimensional to Multidimensional Cognitive Indicators of College and Career Readiness: Where Are We in the Journey?"
David Thornton Moore — New York University
"High School Internships: Challenges to the Common Wisdom"
Ruth Curran-Neild — Johns Hopkins University
"Using Early Warning Indicators to Identify Students at Highest Risk of Dropping Out"
Henry Braun — Boston College
"A Policy Perspective on Enhancing Workforce and Career Readiness"
Closing Remarks
Ida Lawrence — Educational Testing Service
Andrew Wiley — The College Board
