12th Annual CALDER Research Conference
On Thursday, January 31, 2019, the National Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) will hold its 12th Annual Research Conference.
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 is used in the field.
Check for live updates by following us on Twitter @caldercenter and tracking our hashtag #CALDER2019.
Conference Schedule
Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Brief Welcome and CALDER Update: Introducing www.caldercouncil.org
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Dan Goldhaber, AIR/CALDER
SESSION I: Principals
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Path to the Principalship and Value Added: A Cross-state Comparison of Elementary and Middle School Principals
Presenter:
Steve Rivkin, University of Illinois at Chicago/CALDER
Co-Author(s):
Wes Austin, Georgia State University
Bingjie Chen, AIR/CALDER
Dan Goldhaber, AIR/CALDER, University of Washington
Eric Hanushek, Stanford University, University of Texas at Dallas/CALDER
Kris Holden, AIR/CALDER
Cory Koedel, University of Missouri/CALDER
Helen Ladd, Duke University/CALDER
Jin Luo, University of Texas at Dallas
Eric Parsons, University of Missouri
Gregory Phelan, University of Texas at Dallas
Tim Sass, Georgia State University/CALDER
Mavzuna Turaeva, Duke University
Do More Effective Teachers Become More Effective Principals?
Presenter:
Kris Holden, AIR/CALDER
Co-Author(s):
Dan Goldhaber, AIR/CALDER, University of Washington
Bingjie Chen, AIR/CALDER
Policy Implementation, Principal Agency, and Strategic Action: Improving Teaching Effectiveness in New York City Middle Schools
Presenter:
Luke C. Miller, University of Virginia
Co-Author(s):
Julie Cohen, University of Virginia
Susanna Loeb, Brown University
James Wyckoff, University of Virginia
Reactor:
Dara Shaw, Executive Director for Research, Maryland State Department of Education
SESSION II: The Value of Information
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Using Free Meal and Direct Certification Data to Proxy for Student Disadvantage in the Era of the Community Eligibility Provision
Presenter:
Cory Koedel, University of Missouri/CALDER
Co-Author(s):
Eric Parsons, University of Missouri
Internship Schools, Mentor Teachers and Scope for Change and Improvement in Student Teaching
Presenter:
Dan Goldhaber, AIR/CALDER, University of Washington
Co-Author(s):
John Krieg, Western Washington University
Natsumi Naito, University of Washington
Roddy Theobald, AIR/CALDER
Reactor:
Andrea Cobb, Executive Director, Center for the Improvement of Student Learning, Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
Lunch Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
SESSION III: The Career Trajectory of Teachers
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Taking their First Steps: The Distribution of New Teachers in School and Classroom Contexts and Implications for Teacher Effectiveness and Growth
Presenter:
Katharine Strunk, Michigan State University/CALDER
Co-Author(s):
Paul Bruno, University of Southern California
Sarah Rabovsky, University of Southern California
Reducing the Achievement Gap: Paying Effective Educators to work in Low-Performing Schools
Presenter:
Eric Hanushek, Stanford University, University of Texas at Dallas/CALDER
Co-Author(s):
Andrew Morgan, University of Illinois at Chicago
Minh Thac Nguyen, University of Illinois at Chicago
Ben Ost, University of Illinois at Chicago
Steve G. Rivkin, University of Illinois at Chicago/CALDER
Reactor:
Cara Jackson, Associate Partner, Bellwether Education Partners
Coffee/Treats
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
SESSION IV: Education Potpourri
2:15 p.m. - ~3:45 p.m.
School Segregation in The Era of Immigration and School Choice: North Carolina, 1998-2016
Presenter:
Charles Clotfelter, Duke University/CALDER
Co-Author(s):
Steven Hemelt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/CALDER
Helen Ladd, Duke University/CALDER
Mavzuna Turaeva, Duke University
Born in the Family: Preferences for Boys and the Gender Gap in Math
Presenter:
David Figlio, Northwestern University/CALDER and NBER
Co-Author(s):
Gaia Dossi, London School of Economics
Paola Giuliano, UCLA
Paola Sapienza, Northwestern University
The Hidden Costs of Teacher Turnover
Presenter:
Helen Ladd, Duke University/CALDER
Co-Author(s):
Lucy C. Sorenson, University at Albany, SUNY
Reactor:
Carrie Conaway, Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Panel Discussion on Career and Technical Education (CTE)
3:45 p.m. - ~4:30 p.m.
Participants
Corinne Alfeld, National Center for Education Research/Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
Carrie Conaway, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Steve Hemelt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/CALDER
Roddy Theobald, AIR/CALDER
January 31, 2019
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET