IES Grant
Title: | National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) | ||
Center: | NCER | Year: | 2012 |
Principal Investigator: | Goldhaber, Dan | Awardee: | American Institutes for Research (AIR) |
Program: | Education Research and Development Centers [Program Details] | ||
Award Period: | 5 years (7/1/2012 – 6/30/2017) | Award Amount: | $10,000,000 |
Type: | Multiple Goals | Award Number: | R305C120008 |
Description: | Topic: State and Local Education Policy Purpose: Since 2006, the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) has conducted a focused program of research on current State or district education policies intended to improve student achievement and other education outcomes (e.g., high school graduation rates) in any grades from prekindergarten through Grade 12. In this new award, the primary research focus of CALDER will continue to be on State and district education personnel policy issues and their relationship to student outcomes. In addition, CALDER will examine two other issues addressed by State and district policy: turning around low-performing schools and college/career ready outcomes for secondary school students. CALDER's work will draw on longitudinal administration data from six states (Florida, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Washington) and the District of Columbia. These datasets follow students over multiple years and link them to data on their teachers, schools, and programs. CALDER is housed at the American Institutes for Research and operated in collaboration with partners at Duke University, Northwestern University, Stanford University, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of Washington. Research Projects CALDER's work is organized around six research topics. Multiple studies are to be done under each topic and many of these are to be planned and carried out in conjunction with the collaborating States/districts as they establish and implement new policies and programs. Research Topic 1: The contribution of personnel policies (e.g., preparation, recruitment, induction, incentives, supports) to teacher and student outcomes Research Topic 2: The extent to which teacher value-added estimates are correlated with other measures of teacher performance (e.g., classroom observations) and with subsequent student outcomes (e.g., grade progression, graduation, college enrollment) Research Topic 3: The distribution and mobility patterns among teachers and principals (especially high-quality ones) and the influence of financial and non-financial factors on these patterns Research Topic 4: Teacher exit through retirement and layoffs and the links to teacher quality Research Topic 5: Improving and transforming low-performing schools Research Topic 6: The policies and practices that affect students' college readiness and the advantages and disadvantages of different measures and predictors of college readiness Key Personnel: Jane Hannaway (American Institutes for Research), David Figlio (Northwestern University), Helen Ladd (Duke University), Susanna Loeb (Stanford University), Rodney Andrews (University of Texas at Dallas), Dan Goldhaber (University of Washington-Bothell), Tim Sass (Florida State University), Michael Podgursky (University of Missouri-Columbia), Cory Koedel (University of Missouri), Charles Clotfelter (Duke University), Jacob Vigdor (Duke University), James Wyckoff (University of Virginia), Erik Hanushek (Stanford University), Steve Rivkin (University of Texas at Dallas), and Clara Muschkin (Duke University) Center website: http://www.caldercenter.org/ Related IES Projects: Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) (R305A060067) Products and Publications ERIC Citations: Find available citations in ERIC for this award here. Select Publications: Backes, B., Cowan, J., Goldhaber, D., Koedel, C., Miller, L.C., and Xu, Z. (2018). The common core conundrum: To what extent should we worry that changes to assessments will affect test-based measures of teacher performance? Economics of Education Review, 62, 48–65. Backes, B., Hansen, M., Xu, Z., and Brady, V. (2018). Examining spillover effects from Teach for America corps members in Miami-Dade county public schools. Journal of Teacher Education, 0022487117752309. Full text Cowan, J., Goldhaber, D. (2018). Do bonuses affect teacher staffing and student achievement in high poverty schools? Evidence from an incentive for national board certified teachers in Washington state. Economics of Education Review, 65, 138–152. Full text Cowan, J., Goldhaber, D., Hayes, K., & Theobald, R. (2016). Missing elements in the discussion of teacher shortages. Educational Researcher, 45(8), 460–462. Full text Figlio, D. N., Guryan, J., Karbownik, K., and Roth, J. (2016). Long-term cognitive and health outcomes of school-aged children who were born late-term vs full-term. JAMA Pediatrics, 170(8), 758–764. Garfield, C. F., Karbownik, K., Murthy, K., Falciglia, G., Guryan, J., Figlio, D. N., and Roth, J. (2017). Educational performance of children born prematurely. JAMA Pediatrics, 171(8), 764–770. Goldhaber, D., Cowan, J., and Theobald, R. (2017). Evaluating prospective teachers: testing the predictive validity of the EdTPA. Journal of Teacher Education, 68(4), 377–393. Goldhaber, D., Gratz, T., and Theobald, R. (2017). What's in a teacher test? Assessing the relationship between teacher licensure test scores and student STEM achievement and course-taking. Economics of Education Review, 61, 112–129. Full text Goldhaber, D., and Grout, C. (2016). Which plan to choose? The determinants of pension system choice for public school teachers. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 15(1), 30–54. Full text Goldhaber, D., Grout, C., and Holden, K.L. (2017). Pension structure and employee turnover: Evidence from a large public pension system. ILR Review, 70(4), 976–1007. Full text Goldhaber, D., Grout, C., Holden, K. L., and Brown, N. (2015). Crossing the border? Exploring the cross-state mobility of the teacher workforce. Educational Researcher, 44(8), 421–431. Full text Goldhaber, D., Krieg, J., Theobald, R. (2017). Does the match matter? Exploring whether student teaching experiences affect teacher effectiveness. American Educational Research Journal, 54(2), 325–359. Full text Goldhaber, D., Quince, V., and Theobald, R. (2016). Has it always been this way? Tracing the evolution of teacher quality gaps in U.S. public schools. American Educational Research Journal, 55(1): 171–201. Full text Goldhaber, D., and Startz, R. (2017). On the distribution of worker productivity: the case of teacher effectiveness and student achievement. Statistics and Public Policy, 4(1), 1–12. Full text Hansen, M., Backes, B., and Brady, V. (2016). Teacher attrition and mobility during the Teach for America clustering strategy in Miami Dade county public schools. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 38(3), 495–516. Full text Heissel, J.A., and Ladd, H.F. (2018). School turnaround in North Carolina: A regression discontinuity analysis. Economics of Education Review, 62: 302–320. Full text Kim, D., Koedel, C., Ni, S., and Podgursky, M. (2017). Labor market frictions and production efficiency in public schools. Economics of Education Review, 60, 54–67. Full text Krieg, J.M., Theobald, R., and Goldhaber, D. (2016). A foot in the door: Exploring the role of student teaching assignments in teachers' initial job placements. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 38(2): 364–388. Full text Ladd, H. F., Clotfelter, C. T., and Holbein, J. B. (2017). The growing segmentation of the charter school sector in North Carolina. Education Finance and Policy, 12(4), 536–563. Full text Ladd, H. F., and Sorensen, L. C. (2017). Returns to teacher experience: Student achievement and motivation in middle school. Education Finance and Policy, 12(2), 241–279. Full text Sass, T. R. (2015). Licensure and worker quality: A comparison of alternative routes to teaching. The Journal of Law and Economics, 58(1), 1–35. Full text Strunk, K., Goldhaber, D., Knight, D., Brown, N. (2018). Are there hidden costs associated with conducting layoffs? The impact of RIFs and layoffs on teacher effectiveness. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 37(4), 755–782. Full text |
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