16th Annual CALDER Conference
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 8:30 AM EDT - Wednesday, March 12, 2025 3:00 PM EDT
Join us for the 16th Annual CALDER Conference on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. 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 AIR office in Arlington, VA (1400 Crystal Drive - 10th floor, Arlington, VA, 22202).
Conference Agenda
8:30 a.m.—9:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m.—9:25 a.m. Welcome and Overview
Dan Goldhaber, American Institutes for Research (AIR)/CALDER
9:30 a.m.—11:15 a.m. SESSION I: COVID’s Long Shadow, Five Years Later
The Decline in Teacher Working Conditions During and After the COVID Pandemic
Presenter: Cory Koedel, University of Missouri/CALDER,
Co-author: Sofia P. Baker
Supply and Demand in the Post-Pandemic Teacher Labor Market
Presenter: Roddy Theobald, AIR/CALDER
Co-authors: Dan Goldhaber, Grace Falken
What Do We Know about Academic Recovery Interventions?
Presenter: Emily Morton, AIR/CALDER
ESSER and Student Achievement: Assessing the Impacts of the Largest One-Time Federal Investment in K12 Schools
Presenter: Dan Goldhaber, AIR/CALDER
Co-author: Grace Falken, University of Washington/CEDR
Discussant: Kevin Mahnken, The 74
11:15 a.m.—12:45 p.m. SESSION II: Predicting Students' Post-secondary Success
The Geography of Educational Opportunity: Teacher Quality
Presenter: Steven Rivkin, University of Illinois Chicago, CALDER
Co-authors: Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois Chicago; Eric Hanushek, Stanford University, CALDER; Samuel Mosley, University of Illinois Chicago
The Expansion of Multiple-Measure Placement Policies During COVID-19: A Case Study of Kentucky Community Colleges
Presenter: Zeyu Xu, AIR/CALDER
Co-authors : Ben Backes, AIR/CALDER
Disrupted Trajectories: College Enrollment and Employment among High School Graduates through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presenter: Steven W. Hemelt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CALDER
Co-authors: Elc Estrera, Wake County Public School System; Matthew Lenard, Florida State University
Discussant: Chris Mullin, Lumina Foundation
12:45 p.m.—1:30 p.m. LUNCH
1:30 p.m.—3:00 p.m. SESSION III: The Future of Annual Testing—Roundtable Discussion
Panelists
Aimee Rogstad Guidera, Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia
Denise Forte, President and CEO, The Education Trust
Michael J. Petrilli, President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Moderator, Dan Goldhaber, AIR/CALDER
