2026 Workshops

Workshops will take place on the morning of Wednesday, September 23, 2026.

Please note that workshops require a $100 fee that is in addition to the conference registration cost. Student attendees may register for a workshop at a $50 rate.

 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

 Workshop A:  AI-Powered Workflows for Understanding and Evaluating Instructional Discourse

 Instructors: Julian Bernado, SCALE Initiative, Stanford University, and Kirk Vanacore, National Tutoring Observatory, Cornell University

9:30 AM - 11:30 PM

Workshop B:  Matching Methods for Multilevel Data in Education Research: A Practical Guide and Illustration of Approaches in R

 Instructors: Jordan Rickles, University of California - Los Angeles, and Alberto Guzman-Alvarez, American Institutes for Research

9:30 AM - NOON

Workshop C:  Tools for Designing, Implementing, and Interpreting Randomized Controlled Trials in Postsecondary Education

 Instructors:  Michael J. Weiss and Sukanya Barman, MDRC