[ICPSR] [OR-Announce] MET Summer Data Workshop at ICPSR Announced

[Mark Thompson-Kolar]

*Free Summer Data Workshop*
*The Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database: A Review of the
MET Project and Available Data*

June 9-11, 2014
At ICPSR, Ann Arbor, MI
Application deadline:* May 1, 2014*

This three-day workshop will offer a broad summary of the Measures of
Effective Teaching (MET) Project and resulting Longitudinal Database (MET
LDB), including the design and original goals of the MET Project, video
collection and scoring procedures, in addition to available data and how
they were collected.

The course will include deeper discussion of key elements of the study
including the nested data structure (district, school, teacher, student),
the randomization process and implications for analysis, and the student
surveys. Additionally, time will be spent on practical considerations for
current and potential users of the MET data, including logistics of
accessing, linking, and scoring the video data, a description of the data
file structure and organization, and discussion of the application process
and demonstration of the specialized data access tools provided by the
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

Participants will have temporary access to the MET data via the ICPSR
Virtual Data Enclave and Secure Video Player for the duration of the
workshop, for both structured exercises and independent work.

The workshop is free, but space is limited.

Please provide a current CV along with a cover letter summarizing your
relevant research interest and experience, as well as methodological
training. Graduate student applicants must also provide a letter of
recommendation from an advisor.  Participants must have an understanding of
secondary data, data analysis skills commensurate with analysis of complex
data, and knowledge of SPSS, SAS, or Stata. Additionally, participants are
expected to review the available documentation and bring to the workshop
tentative research questions that can be addressed by the data.

Instructors include original MET Project Partners, MET Early Career
Grantees, and ICPSR staff:

   - Elizabeth Covay Minor, Michigan State University
   - Ron Ferguson, Harvard University
   - Brian Rowan, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
   - Catherine McClellan, Clowder Consulting
   - Jilliam Joe, Educational Testing Service
   - Lesli Scott, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
   - Ben Kelcey, University of Cincinnati
   - Matthew Steinberg, University of Pennsylvania
   - Johanna Bleckman, ICPSR, University of Michigan
   - Chris Greene, ICPSR, University of Michigan

For more information or to apply, please visit:

   - Summer Program Course detail page (
   www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/sumprog/courses/0181)
   - Summer Program Registration & Fees page (
   www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/sumprog/2014/index.html)
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