14th Annual CALDER Conference

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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.

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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