15th Annual CALDER Conference

Join us for the 15th Annual CALDER Conference on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. 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 Crowne Plaza Hotel in Arlington, VA.

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Conference Agenda

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8:30 a.m.—9:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:00 a.m.—9:15 a.m. Welcome and Special Announcements

Dan Goldhaber, American Institutes for Research (AIR)/CALDER

9:15 a.m.—10:45 a.m. SESSION I: ESSER's End: Where Are We on Achievement & Staffing Schools?

Four Years Later: Where are We on the Road to Recovery?

Presenter: Emily Morton, AIR/CALDER

Teacher Effectiveness and Remote Instruction

Presenter: Tim Sass, Georgia State University, CALDER

Co-Authors: Cade Lawson, Georgia State University

How Will ESSER's Ending Affect School Staffing?

Presenter: Dan Goldhaber, AIR/CALDER

Co-Authors: Grace Falken, University of Washington/CEDR, Roddy Theobald, AIR/CALDER

Discussant: Matt Barnum, Wall Street Journal

10:45 a.m.—12:15 p.m. SESSION II: Policy Experiments, Evidence, and Revision: What Are the Incentives for Risk-Taking?

Panelists

Kirsten Baesler, North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction

Akisha Osei Sarfo, Director of Research, Council of the Great City Schools

James Wyckoff, Professor of Education and Public Policy, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia

Moderator, Dan Goldhaber, AIR/CALDER

12:15 p.m.—1:00 p.m. LUNCH

1:00 p.m.—2:30 p.m. SESSION III: From Compensation to Conditions: Different Tools for Influencing the Teacher Workforce

The Effects of Comprehensive Educator Evaluation and Pay Reform on Achievement

Presenter: Steven Rivkin, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Texas at Dallas, NBER, CALDER

Co-Authors: Eric Hanushek, Stanford University, CALDER, Jin Luo, University of Texas at Dallas, Andrew Morgan, University College London, Ben Ost, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Ayman Shakeel, University of Illinois at Chicago

Pre-K Enrollments and Teaching Environments in North Carolina Elementary Schools

Presenter: Helen Ladd, Duke University, CALDER

Co-Authors: Clara Muschkin, Duke University, Maria Sauval, University of California, Irvine

The Impact of a $10,000 Bonus on Special Education Teacher Shortages in Hawai’i

Presenter: Roddy Theobald, AIR/CALDER

Co-Authors: Zeyu Xu, AIR/CALDER, Allison Gilmour, AIR, Lisa Lachlan-Hache, AIR/GTL Center, Liz Bettini, Boston University, and Nathan Jones, Boston University

Discussant: Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report