2022 NERA CONFERENCE

Supporting Student Learning in a Dynamic Environment

Dear NERA Members,
 
We are so excited to share with you our plans for the upcoming conference! First and foremost, we look forward to seeing all of you in-person in Trumbull, CT this year! We have sincerely missed gathering together these past two years and cannot wait to join you all again this October. You can rest assured that we will be putting several new protocols in place according to the most recent health guidelines to ensure a comfortable and safe environment for everyone.
 
That said, we’re thrilled to announce the 2022 NERA conference theme: “Supporting Student Learning in a Dynamic Environment”. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted instruction and student learning in so many ways. Across the globe, millions of students took classes from home or through a hybrid environment for an extended period. Research shows that there is significant unfinished learning compared to pre-pandemic averages. The field of education is hungry for research-based initiatives and solutions to support student learning and well-being in this dynamic educational environment.
 
The Call for Proposals is now available. We hope you will submit your research, coordinated symposia, and workshops that are aligned with the following preliminary content strands:

We also hope you will consider volunteering to be a chair or discussant at this year’s conference.
 

Sneak Peek at the Conference Program

Keynotes: 

• Darrell Earnest, Associate Professor of Math, Science, & Learning Technologies at the College of   Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Christina Cipriano, Assistant Professor at Yale Child Study Center and Director of Research at Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University

Invited Panels: 

• Building a Balanced System of Assessments
• NERA Past Presidents
• Equity in Learning and Assessment
• Switching Jobs in Educational Measurement: Advice and Insights

 Invited Workshops:

• Diagnostic Classification Models
• Using the Science of Learning to Support Student Learning and Instruction
• Transforming Our Practice to Support the Immigrant and Other Culturally Diverse Students in Our Classrooms
• Spaces of Safety: Facilitating (Truly) Trauma-Informed Classrooms in a Post-Pandemic World

Stay tuned for other featured symposia and workshops in the coming months. We look forward to seeing you all in October!
 
Your NERA 2022 Conference Co-Chairs,
Kate Nolan, Frank Padellaro, Beth Perkins, and Duy Pham
nera.cochairs@gmail.com