THURSDAY, MARCH 24
Concurrent Paper Session I 
3:30-5:00 p.m.

Session 1.2. Measuring Teacher Quality
Room: Portland, 1st floor
Assessing the Potential of Using Value-added Estimates of Teacher Job Performance for Making Tenure Decisions
Chair:
HAMILTON LANKFORD
University at Albany
Author(s):
DAN GOLDHABER
University of Washington/CALDER
MICHAEL HANSEN
The Urban Institute/CALDER

FRIDAY, MARCH 25
Concurrent Paper Session II 
8:30-10:00 a.m.

Session 2.5. Teacher Decision-making
Room: Tolmie, 6th floor
Career Mobility, Productivity, and Occupational Choices (Forthcoming)
Chair:
JAMES WYCKOFF
University of Virginia
Author(s):
LI FENG
Texas State University-San Marcos/CALDER
TIM R. SASS
Florida State University/CALDER

Understanding Rural Teacher Recruitment and the Role of Community Amenities (Forthcoming)
Author(s):
LUKE C. MILLER
The Urban Institute/CALDER
Discussant(s):
RYAN BALCH
Vanderbilt University
MICHAEL PODGURSKY
University of Missouri/CALDER

Session 2.6. Examining the Effects of Principal, Teacher, and Student Turnover (Symposium)
Room: Sealth, 6th floor
Is Principal Turnover Harmful for Schools?
Author(s):
DEMETRA KALOGRIDES
Stanford University
TARA BETEILLE
World Bank
SUSANNA LOEB
Stanford University/CALDER

Session 2.9. Teacher Pension Systems: Current Issues and Transition to Reform
Room: Sherman, 7th floor
Teacher Pension Systems and the Labor Market for School Principals (Forthcoming)
Chair:
DAVID FIGLIO
Northwestern University/CALDER
Author(s):
CORY KOEDEL
University of Missouri-Columbia 
JASON GRISSOM
University of Missouri-Columbia
MICHAEL PODGURSKY
University of Missouri-Columbia/CALDER
SHAWN NI
University of Missouri-Columbia
Discussant(s):
JANE HANNAWAY
The Urban Institute/CALDER
MARGUERITE ROZA
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

FRIDAY, MARCH 25
Concurrent Paper Session III 
10:15-11:45 a.m.

Session 3.4. School Organizations and Regulations
Room: Menzies Suite, 6th floor
Chronically Low-Performing Schools and Turnaround: Findings in Three States (Forthcoming)
Chair:
MARTIN ORLAND
WestEd
Autho(s):
MICHAEL HANSEN
The Urban Institute/CALDER
KILCHAN CHOI
CRESST

Session 3.5. Teacher Layoffs and Teacher Contracts
Room: Tolmie, 6th floor
Assessing the Determinants and Implications of Teacher Layoffs
Author(s):
RODDY THEOBALD
Center for Education Data and Research
DAN GOLDHABER
University of Washington/CALDER

Session 3.8. Consequences of Accountability
Room: Washington, 7th floor
One Day Too Late? Mobile Students in an Era of Accountability (Forthcoming)
Chair:
DAVID FIGLIO
Northwestern University/CALDER
Author(s):
UMUT OZEK
The Urban Institute/CALDER

SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Concurrent Paper Session VI
9:45-11:15 a.m.

Session 6.3. Value Added for Evaluating Individual Teachers and Teacher Education Programs (Symposium)
Room: Favorita, 1st floor
Value-Added Models and the Measurement of Teacher Quality
Symposium Organizer:
DOUGLAS N. HARRIS
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Author(s):
DOUGLAS N. HARRIS
University of Wisconsin, Madison
TIM R. SASS
Florida State University/CALDER
ANASTASIA SEMYKINA
Florida State University
Discussant(s):
SUSANNA LOEB
Stanford University/CALDER

Session 6.8. Improving Instruction
Room: Washington, 7th floor
Power Play? Teacher Characteristics and Class Assignments
Author(s):
DEMETRA KALOGRIDES
Stanford University
SUSANNA LOEB
Stanford University/CALDER
TARA BETEILLA
World Bank

SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Concurrent Paper Session VII
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Session 7.2. Parental Choice
Room: Portland, 1st floor
Selection in Means-Tested School Voucher Programs
Chair:
DAVID FIGLIO
Northwestern University/CALDER
Author(s):
CASSANDRA HART
Northwestern University
DAVID FIGLIO
Northwestern University/CALDER