AIR Experts Participate in Association for Education Finance and Policy’s Annual Conference
Washington, D.C. – American Institutes for Research (AIR) experts will present on a wide range of topics related to education finance at the Association for Education Finance and Policy’s (AEFP) 38th annual conference March 14-16, 2013 in New Orleans, LA. The conference theme, Education Renewal and Reform…in the Face of Resource Constraints, examines how domestic policies and global economic competitions are testing the U.S. education system amidst national and local economic challenges. AIR presentations will include value-added models, human capital management, student choice, teacher effectiveness, and more.
Sessions involving AIR presentations include:
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Session 1.01 – Shocks to the System: Effects on Students and Families
Discussant: Rebecca Herman
Session 1.03 – Challenges in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Chair: Jay Chambers
Session 1.06 – Student AID: Effects and Consequences
Presenter: Erin Dunlop – What Do Stafford Loans Actually Buy You? – The Effect of Stafford Loan Access on Community College Students
Co-author: Umut Ozek – Losing HOPE: Financial Aid and the Line Between College and Work
Session 1.07 – Can Strategic Human Capital Management Reform Lead to Long-Term Cost Savings for School Districts?
Discussant: Michael Hansen
Session 2.03 – School Turnaround Strategies
Presenters: Rebecca Herman – Policies, Programs, and Practices Associated with School Turnaround in the United States
Co-author: Mette Huberman
Session 2.04 – International Perspectives On Long-Term Outcomes
Discussant: Umut Ozek
Session 2.05 – Strategic School Funding for Results: Achieving A Culture of Innovation in Schools
Chair: Jay Chambers
Discussant: Jesse Levin
Session 2.06 – Student Choice and College Sorting
Discussant: Ben Backes
Session 2.08 – The Distribution of Teacher Effectiveness
Presenter: Zeyu Xy – Value Added of Teachers in High-Poverty Schools and Lower Poverty Schools
Co-author: Jane Hannaway
Discussant: Jane Cogshall
Session 2.09 – Teacher Compensation, Qualifications and Staffing
Presenter: Nat Malkus – Beneath the District Averages: Intradistrict Differences in Teacher Compensation Expenditures
Friday, March 15, 2013
Session 3.05 – Labor Market Returns to Community College Student Pathways
Chair/Discussant: Erin Dunlop
Session: 3.06 – The College Pipeline
Chair: Ben Backes
Session 3.08 – Measuring Teacher Effects
Chair: Jane Hannaway
Presenter: Umut Ozek – Misattribution of Teacher Value-Added
Co-author: Zeyu Xu
Session 4.07 – Teacher Effectiveness Measures in Practice: Evidence from Districts and States
Co-author: Nick Mills – The Politics and Statistics of Value-Added Modeling for Accountability
Session 4.13 – Pathways To and Through College
Chair: Umut Ozek
Co-Author: Ben Backes – Color-Blind Affirmative Action and Student Quality
Session 5.03 – Methodological Issues in Value-Added Models
Chair: Michael Hansen
Session 5.05 – Issues in the Pricing of Public Colleges
Discussant: Erin Dunlop
Session 5.11 – Key Findings from the Gates MET Study
Chair: Jane Hannaway
Poster – Reviewing Systematic Reviews: Meta-Analysis of What Works Clearinghouse Computer-Assisted Reading Interventions
Co-Author: Tsze Chan
Poster – The Schoolwide Impacts of the Strategic Implementation of a Differentiated Professional Development Process on Teaching, Leadership, and Professional Collaboration and Culture
Presenter: Jane Coggshall
Co-authors: Roshni Menon & Lauren K. Bivona
Poster – AP and IB Courses: Are They Good for Student Achievement?
Presenter: Jijun Zhang
Co-author: Yan Wang
Poster – Integrating Teacher Value-Added Scores with Other Measures
Presenter: Michael Hansen
Co-author: Mariann Lemke & Nicholas Sorenson
For additional details about the conference, visit http://aefpweb.org/.
About AIR
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education, and workforce productivity. For more information, visit www.air.org.
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