Urban Institute

2nd Annual CALDER Research Conference

The Ins and Outs of Value-Added Measures in Education: What Research Says

Friday November 21, 2008
8:00am - 2:30pm
The Urban Institute

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2008 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Welcome and Purpose
Jane Hannaway
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Panel I
Value-Added Modeling of Teacher Credentials: Policy Implications
Helen (Sunny) Ladd
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Using Value-Added-to-Student-Learning Measures to Improve Teacher Policy
Susanna Loeb
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Steven Rivkin (Discussant)
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Questions for Panel I
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Panel II
The Stability of Value-Added Measures of Teacher Quality and Implications for Teacher Compensation Policy
Tim Sass
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Is It Just a Bad Class? Assessing the Potential of Using Value-Added Estimates of Teacher Job Performance for Making Tenure Decisions
Dan Goldhaber
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Using VA Measures for Promotion, Compensation, and Training: Pros and Cons
Charles Clotfelter (Discussant)
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Questions for Panel II
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Presentation
The Texas FERPA Story
Dan O'Brien
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Panel III
Do Disadvantaged Urban Schools Lose Their Best Teachers?
Eric Hanushek
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Measuring Effect Sizes: the Effect of Measurement Error
Hamilton (Hamp) Lankford
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David Figlio (Discussant)
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Questions for Panel III
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LATEST POLICY BRIEFS

Assessing the Potential of Using Value‐Added Estimates of Teacher Job Performance for Making Tenure Decisions
Dan Goldhaber and Michael Hansen

Do Disadvantaged Urban Schools Lose Their Best Teachers?
Eric Hanushek and Steven Rivkin

Overview of Measuring Effect Sizes: The Effect of Measurement Error
Donald Boyd, Pam Grossman, Hamp Lankford, Susanna Loeb, and Jim Wyckoff

The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and Implications for Student Achievement in High‐Poverty Schools
Donald Boyd, Hamp Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Jonah Rockoff, and Jim Wyckoff

The Stability of Value‐Added Measures of Teacher Quality and Implications for Teacher Compensation Policy
Tim Sass

The Texas FERPA Story
Dan O'Brien

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