THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Panel - Improving Outcomes for Disadvantaged Groups in Higher Education
Building/Room: Marriott West End Ballroom D
Discussants:
JEFFREY SMITH
University of Michigan
CORY KOEDEL
University of Missouri/CALDER

Success in Community College: Do Institutions Differ?
Authors:
CHARLES T. CLOTFELTER
Duke University/CALDER
HELEN LADD
Duke University/CALDER
JACOB VIGDOR
Duke University/CALDER
CLARA G. MUSCHKIN
Duke University/CALDER
 

1:45-3:15 p.m.

Panel - Causes and Consequences of Teacher Turnover 
Building/Room: Westin Washington Ballroom

How Teacher Turnover Harms Student Achievement
Authors:
MATTHEW RONFELDT
University of Michigan
HAMP LANKFORD
University at Albany/CALDER
SUSANNA LOEB
Stanford University/CALDER
JIM WYCKOFF
University of Virginia/CALDER  

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Panel - Teacher Pensions: Behavioral Responses and Reform
Building/Room: Marriott West End Ballroom C
Discussants: Jacob Vigdor (Duke University/CALDER), Jane Hannaway (American Institutes for Research/CALDER)

Who Leaves and Who Stays: An Analysis of Teachers' Behavioral Response to Retirement Incentives
Authors:
JOSH MCGEE
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
ROBERT COSTRELL
University of Arkansas/CALDER 

The Simple Analytics of Teacher Pension Funding and Reform
Authors:
ROBERT COSTRELL
University of Arkansas/CALDER
MARTIN LUEKEN
University of Arkansas 

Pension-Induced Rigidities in the Labor Market for School Leaders
Authors:
CORY KOEDEL
University of Missouri/CALDER
JASON GRISSOM
Vanderbilt University
SHAWN NI
University of Missouri
MICHAEL PODGURSKY
University of Missouri/CALDER

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Panel - Residential Mobility and School Outcomes
Building/Room: Marriott West End Ballroom B

The Effect of Housing Instability on Children's Educational Outcomes
Authors:
DAVID FIGLIO
Northwestern University/CALDER
et al. 

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Panel - Teacher Layoffs, Turnovers and Exits: What are the Effects on Schools?
Building/Room: Marriott Washington Ballroom

Career Mobility, Productivity and the Occupational Choices of Teachers
Authors:
LI FENG
Texas State University/CALDER
TIM SASS
Georgia State University/CALDER

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4

9:30 - 11:00 a.m

Panel - Teachers, Doctors and NBA Point Guards: Using Value Added and Other Statistics to Measure Worker Output in Complex Settings
Building/Room: Westin Scott
Chair: 
TIM SASS
Georgia State University/CALDER
Discussants:  
JESSE ROTHSTEIN
University of California Berkeley
CELESTE CARRUTHERS
University of Tennessee/CALDER

Assessing the "Rothstein Critique": Do We Really Know When Teacher Value-added Models Are Biased?
Author:
DAN GOLDHABER
The University of Washington/CALDER
DUNCAN CHAPLIN
Mathematica Policy Research

Making Use of Unreliable Measures: The Importance of Value Added For Teachers
DAN GOLDHABER
University of Washington/CALDER
SUSANNA LOEB
Stanford University/CALDER
et al.

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Poster - Analyzing the Effect of Teacher Pension Incentives on the Retirement Behavior of Public School Teachers in Wisconsin
Building/Room: Marriott Georgetown I & II
Authors:
ROBERT COSTRELL
University of Arkansas/CALDER
et al.

11:15 - 12:45 p.m

Panel - Alternative Certification
Building/Room: Marriott West End Ballroom C
Certification Requirements and Teacher Quality: A Comparison of Alternative Routes to Teaching
Author:
TIM R. SASS
Florida State University/CALDER

Alternative Certification in the Long Run: Student Achievement, Teacher Retention and the Distribution of Teacher Quality in New York City
Authors:
JIM WYCKOFF
University of Virginia/CALDER
DON BOYD
University at Albany/CALDER
ERIN DUNLOP
University of Virginia
SUSANNA LOEB
Stanford University/CALDER
PATTEN MAHLER
University of Virginia
 

Panel - Using Large, Administrative Data to Evaluate Educational Impacts of Early Childhood Programs
Building/Room: Marriott West End Ballroom A
Chair: Jane Hannaway (American Institutes for Research/CALDER)

From Birth to School: The Effects of Early Childhood Programs on Educational Outcomes in North Carolina
Authors:
KENNETH DODGE
Duke University
HELEN LADD
Duke University/CALDER
CLARA MUSCHKIN
Duke University/CALDER

What Policies and Practices Keep the Preschool Edge Going?
Authors:
DAVID FIGLIO
Northwestern University/CALDER
JEFFREY ROTH
University of Florida/CALDER
 

Panel - Impacts of College Tuition & Financial Aid on Enrollment & Degree Attainments
Building/Room: Marriott West End Ballroom B

Jackpot? The Impact of Lottery Scholarships On Enrollment and Earnings in Tennessee
Authors:
CELESTE K. CARRUTHERS
University of Tennessee/CALDER
DONALD J. BRUCE
University of Tennessee

1:00 - 2:30 p.m

Panel - No College Student Left Behind? Examining College Performance Measures
Building/Room: Westin Mayfair Court
Discussants: Charles Clotfelter (Duke University/CALDER), Sarah Turner (University of Virginia)

A Comparison of College Rankings and Value-Added Measures Using Both Institution- and Student-Level Data
Authors:
DOUGLAS N. HARRIS
University of Wisconsin at Madison/CALDER
ROBERT KELCHEN
University of Wisconsin at Madison


 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5

8:45-10:15 a.m.

Panel - The Impact of Education
& Youth Policies on Non-test Outcomes

Building/Room: Marriott West End Ballroom A
Discussants:
NORA GORDON
Georgetown University
LUKE MILLER
University of Virginia/CALDER

Do Students Benefit from Taking
Algebra Earlier? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
Authors:
CHARLES CLOTFELTER
Duke University/CALDER
HELEN LADD
Duke University/CALDER
JACOB VIGDOR
Duke University/CALDER

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Roundtable - No Child Left Behind: Revisions and Reauthorization
Building/Room: Westin Dupont 
Speakers:
DAVID FIGLIO
Northwestern University/CALDER
et al.

1:45-3:15 p.m.

Panel - Measuring and Creating Incentives for Quality Teaching
Building/Room: Marriott Washington Ballroom
Chair:
JENNIFER KING RICE
University of Maryland/CALDER
 
Information and Employee Evaluation: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Public Schools 
Author:
JONAH ROCKOFF
Columbia University/CALDER


Panel - Schools of Choice: Supply and Access
Building/Room: Marriott West End Ballroom E
 
The Influence of Accountability and Finance Policies on Charter School Locations and Enrollments
Author:
ROBERT BIFULCO
Syracuse University/CALDER
CHRISTIAN BUERGER
Syracuse University


Roundtable - Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America’s Public Schools
Building/Room: Marriott West End Ballroom A
 
Speaker:
ROBERT COSTRELL
University of Arkansas/CALDER
et al.