WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3

9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Key Note Speeches
Plenary Session 1, Room A 

School Accountability through Performance Monitoring
JANE HANNAWAY
American Institutes for Research/CALDER

School Accountability and Monitoring Systems: Insights from U.S. and Other Countries
HELEN F. LADD
Duke University/CALDER

11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Session: Building and Interpreting Scientific Evidence
Room A 

Is it Live or is it the Internet? Experimental Estimates of the Effects of Online Instruction on Student Learning
DAVID FIGLIO
Northwestern University/CALDER

Session: Teachers: Measuring and Ensuring Quality
Room C

Investigating the Role of Human Resources in School Turnaround: Evidence from Two States
MICHAEL HANSEN 
American Institutes for Research/CALDER

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Plenary Session 2 
Room A
Educator Effectiveness: Measures, Policies and Debates
JANE HANNAWAY
American Institutes for Research/CALDER

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4

4:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

Session: Accountability: Performance Measures and Evaluation
Room A

The Effects of Texas's Targeted Pre-Kindergarten Program on Academic Performance
RODNEY ANDREWS
University of Texas at Dallas/CALDER


Session: Building and Interpreting Scientific Evidence
Room B

How Salient are Performance Incentives in Education? Evidence from North Carolina
JACOB VIGDOR
Duke University/CALDER


Session: Teachers: Recruitment, Retention and Distribution
Room C

Portability of Teacher Effectiveness Across School Settings
ZEYU XU
American Institutes for Research/CALDER