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Working Paper

A Widening Chasm: The Divergent Paths of High- and Low-Achieving Students in Algebra I After the Pandemic

Benjamin Backes, Michael DeArmond, Elise Dizon-Ross, Dan Goldhaber, Alejandra Salazar

COVID-19
Student Outcomes & Achivement
Working Paper

First, Do No Harm. But Can We Do Better? An Evaluation of a Statewide Developmental Education Reform

Zeyu Xu, Benjamin Backes

Education Systems & Policies
Post-Secondary Transitions & Pathways
Working Paper

The Diversity and Climate of Preservice Teachers' Student Teaching Experiences: Implications for Students of Color

Benjamin Backes, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, Roddy Theobald

Education Systems & Policies
Student Outcomes & Achivement
Teacher Workforce
Working Paper

The Expansion of Multiple-Measure Placement Policies During COVID-19: A Case Study of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System

Zeyu Xu, Benjamin Backes

COVID-19
Post-Secondary Transitions & Pathways
Working Paper

Building Bridges to Middle School? Elementary School Departmentalization and Academic Achievement in the Upper Grades

Benjamin Backes, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber

Education Systems & Policies
Student Outcomes & Achivement
Working Paper

Four Years of Pandemic-Era Emergency Licenses: Retention and Effectiveness of Emergency-Licensed Massachusetts Teachers Over Time

Benjamin Backes, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, Roddy Theobald

COVID-19
Teacher Workforce
Working Paper

Departmentalized Instruction and Elementary School Effectiveness

Benjamin Backes, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber

Education Systems & Policies
Working Paper

Misalignments Between Student Teaching Placements and Initial Teaching Positions: Implications for the Early-Career Attrition of Special Education Teachers

Benjamin Backes, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, Zeyu Jin, Roddy Theobald

Specialized Teaching Areas [E.g. SPED/CTE]
Teacher Workforce
Working Paper

The Relationship Between Pandemic-Era Teacher Licensure Waivers and Teacher Demographics, Retention, and Effectiveness in New Jersey

Benjamin Backes, Dan Goldhaber

COVID-19
Teacher Workforce
Working Paper

How to Measure a Teacher: The Influence of Test and Nontest Value-Added on Long-Run Student Outcomes

Benjamin Backes, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, Roddy Theobald

Data and Measurement
Teacher Workforce
Working Paper

Linkage Between Fields of Concentration in High School Career-Technical Education and College Majors

Zeyu Xu, Benjamin Backes

Post-Secondary Transitions & Pathways
Specialized Teaching Areas [E.g. SPED/CTE]
Working Paper

Persistent Teach for America Effects on Student Test and Non-Test Academic Outcomes

Benjamin Backes, Michael Hansen

Teacher Workforce
Working Paper

Teachers and School Climate: Effects on Student Outcomes and Academic Disparities

Benjamin Backes, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, Roddy Theobald

Student Outcomes & Achivement
Teacher Workforce
Working Paper

Leveling Up: A Behavioral Nudge to Increase Enrollment in Advanced Coursework

Megan Austin, Benjamin Backes, Dan Goldhaber, Dory Li, Francie Streich

Education Systems & Policies
Student Outcomes & Achivement
Working Paper

What Makes for a "Gifted" Education? Exploring How Participation in Gifted Programs Affects Students' Learning Environments

Benjamin Backes, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber

Student Outcomes & Achivement