The National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) is a joint project of the Urban Institute's Education Policy Center, led by Jane Hannaway, and scholars at Duke University, Stanford University, the University of Florida, the University of Missouri, the University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of Washington. Visit the CALDER team page to learn more about CALDER's scholars.

Supported by a five-year, $10 million grant from the Institute for Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, CALDER is one of the new federally funded National Research and Development Centers.

The center will harvest state and district administrative data on individual teachers and students for insights into how state and local policies, especially teacher policies, governance policies, and accountability policies affect teachers (e.g., who teaches what students) and students (e.g., academic achievement and attainment).

CALDER will mine the longitudinal databases that have emerged as educational systems face increased performance-based accountability. Comprehensive databases in Florida, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington state represent the initial core of our research focus.

Learn more about CALDER's mission.

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