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We hope you can join us for the 14th Annual CALDER conference on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023. This is a one-day meeting featuring research from some of our CALDER experts and university-based affiliates. The conference will take place at the American Institutes for Research in Washington, D.C and will be our first in-person meeting since the pandemic.
Conference Agenda
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8:30 a.m.—9:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m.—9:30 a.m. Welcome and Special Announcements
Dan Goldhaber, American Institutes for Research (AIR)/CALDER
9:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m. SESSION I: COVID Impact & Recovery
The Economic Cost of the Pandemic
Presenter: Eric Hanushek, Stanford University, CALDER
Michigan Student Achievement Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presenter: Katharine Strunk, Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC), Michigan State University, CALDER
Co-Authors: Tara Kilbride, EPIC, Michigan State University,
Bryant Hopkins, EPIC, Michigan State University,
Scott A. Imberman, Michigan State University,
Dongming Yu, Michigan State University
The Impact of a 2021 Summer School Program on Student Achievement
Presenter: Tim Sass, Georgia State University, CALDER
Co-Authors: Sarah S. Barry, Georgia State University
Results from the Road to Recovery Project
Presenter: Elise Dizon-Ross, AIR/CALDER
Reactor: Sonya T. Stephens, Chief Performance Officer, Guilford County Schools
11:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m. SESSION II: Policy and Reform Post-COVID: What Change and Innovation Will Fill the Policy Vacuum?
Panelists
Claire Abbott, Director, Office of Educator Effectiveness at Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Mohammed Choudhury, Maryland State Superintendent of Schools
Eric Hanushek, Stanford University, CALDER
Andrew Rotherham, Virginia Board of Education, Co-founder and Partner at Bellwether
Moderator
Dan Goldhaber, AIR/CALDER
1:00 p.m.—1:45 p.m. LUNCH
1:45 p.m.—3:15 p.m. SESSION III: Improving Students’ Long-Run Outcomes
The Math and the Path: Experimental Evidence on Enhanced Advising and Postsecondary Progress.
Presenter: Steven Hemelt, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, CALDER
Co-Authors: Brennan Mange, UNC Chapel Hill, Samantha Raynor, UNC Greensboro
Principal effects on skill development and longer term academic, economic, and social outcomes:
Presenter: Steven Rivkin, University of Illinois Chicago, CALDER
Co-Authors: Eric Hanushek, Stanford University
Andrew Morgan, University of Illinois Chicago
Lauren Sartain, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Jeffrey Schiman, Georgia Southern University
Ayman Shakeel, University of Illinois Chicago
New Dimensions of Teacher Quality: Evidence from Massachusetts
Presenter: Ben Backes, AIR/CALDER
Reactor: Dara Shaw, Research Director, District of Columbia Education Research Collaborative at Urban Institute
3:15 p.m—4:00 p.m SESSION IV: Teacher Equity
Racial Differences in Student Access to High-Quality Teachers
Presenter: Helen Ladd, Duke University, CALDER
Co-Authors: Charles Clotfelter, Duke University
Calen Clifton, Duke University
How Did it Get This Way? Disentangling the Sources of Teacher Quality Gaps Through Agent-Based Modeling
Presenter: Dan Goldhaber, AIR/CALDER
Co-Authors: Matt Kasman, Brookings Institution
Vanessa Quince, University of Washington
Roddy Theobald, AIR/CALDER
Malcom Wolff, University of Washington