9th Annual CALDER Research Conference
On Thursday, March 10, 2016 the National Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) will hold its Ninth Annual Research Conference. It will be held at 1000 Thomas Jefferson St NW, Washington, D.C. 20007 in Conference Room A, B, & C.
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This year’s conference will bring together prominent education researchers and funders with policymakers and practitioners to have a dialogue about the types of research being produced and how the work ends up being used in the field.
If you are unable to attend this year's conference, check for live updates by following us on Twitter @caldercenter and tracking our hashtag #CALDER2016.
Links to presentations and papers will be added closer to the date of the conference.
Conference schedule
Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:30am
Welcome
8:30-9:00am
Jane Hannaway, Georgetown University/CALDER
Dan Goldhaber, American Institutes for Research/CALDER
PANEL I: The Impacts of Teachers and Other School Personnel on Students
9:00-10:20am
School Personnel and Student Outcomes: The Role of Support Staff in Elementary and Middle Schools in North Carolina
Presenter:
Helen Ladd, Duke University/CALDER
Co-authors:
Charles Clotfelter, Duke University/CALDER
Steve Hemelt, University of North Carolina/CALDER
Teacher Turnover, Teacher Quality and Student Achievement in DCPS
Presenter:
Jim Wyckoff, University of Virginia/CALDER
Co-authors:
Melinda Adnot, University of Virginia
Thomas Dee, Stanford University
Veronica Katz, University of Virginia
Reactor: Reactor TBD
PANEL II: Education Policy: Learning From Variation Across States
10:30am-12:00pm
Benefit or Burden? On the Intergenerational Inequity of Teacher Pension Plans
Presenter:
Cory Koedel, University of Missouri/CALDER
Co-authors:
Ben Backes, American Institutes for Research/CALDER
Dan Goldhaber, American Institutes for Research/CALDER
Cyrus Grout, University of Washington
Shawn Ni, University of Missouri
Michael Podgursky, University of Missouri/CALDER
P. Brett Xiang, University of Missouri
Zeyu Xu, American Institutes for Research/CALDER
The Common Core Conundrum: To What Extent Should We Worry That Changes to Assessments and Standards Will Affect Test-Based Measures of Teacher Performance?
Presenter:
Ben Backes, American Institutes for Research/CALDER
Co-authors:
James Cowan, American Institutes for Research/CALDER
Dan Goldhaber, American Institutes for Research/CALDER
Cory Koedel, University of Missouri
Luke Miller, University of Virginia/CALDER
Zeyu Xu, American Institutes for Research/CALDER
Reactor:
Carrie Conaway, Associate Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Lunch
12:00-1:00pm
PANEL III: How Information Affects School Personnel
1:00 - 2:30pm
Performance and Recognition in the Labor Market for Principals
Presenter:
Rick Hanushek, Stanford University/CALDER
Co-authors:
Julie Cullen, University of California, San Diego
Greg Phelan, Williams College
Steven Rivkin, University of Texas at Dallas
The Impacts of Layoff Notices on Teacher Mobility and Effectiveness
Presenter:
Katharine Strunk, University of Southern California
Co-authors:
Nate Brown, University of Washington
Dan Goldhaber, American Institutes for Research/CALDER
David Knight, University of Southern California
Reactor: TBD
PANEL IV: In and Out of School: When Bad Things Happen to Students
2:40-4:00pm
The Effects of Environmental Toxicants on Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes
Presenter:
David Figlio, Northwestern University/CALDER
Co-authors:
Claudia Persico, Northwestern University
Jeffrey Roth, University of Florida
Do the Cheated Ever Prosper? The Long-Run Effects of Test-Score Manipulation by Teachers on Student Outcomes
Presenter:
Tim Sass, Georgia State University/CALDER
Reactor: TBD
March 10, 2016
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET