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Occasionally, research surprises you/me! This is one of those times. We just released a new CALDER Center paper (many authors) on an RCT examining the causal effects of clinical placements on teacher jobs: caldercenter.org/publications/c… 1/n

📢 New CALDER Working Paper by Dan Goldhaber, Matt Ronfeldt, James Cowan, Emanuele B, Trevor Gratz, & Matt Truwit on the impact of student teaching interventions on job placements. Check out the thread below for a breakdown of the findings!👇 Full paper here: bit.ly/41rbIIB

📢 Happening NEXT WEEK! Join us next Wednesday 3/12 in Arlington for Session I of #CALDER2025, where we'll explore the latest evidence on academic recovery and teacher labor markets since COVID with our CALDER experts & The 74's Kevin Mahnken. Register👉 bit.ly/3En3lGk

📢 Just ONE week away! Join us next Wednesday 3/12 in Arlington, VA for #CALDER2025 —a one-day meeting featuring new #EdResearch from CALDER and discussion between expert researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. Register to save your spot👉bit.ly/3En3lGk

It's getting real! Part of making research matter for decision making is getting it out to those who can use it. The annual CALDER Conference is our primary in-person way of getting the work out and having good policy discussions. Hope to see you next Wednesday!

#CALDER2025 is next week! ✨ This one-day meeting will feature new #EdResearch from the CALDER Center and a discussion on the future of annual testing with researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. 📅 March 12 | In-Person 📍 Arlington, VA 📝Register: caldercenter.org/events/16th-an…

📢 Happening TOMORROW! Join us tomorrow at 9 ET in Arlington, VA for the 16th Annual CALDER Conference. Come hear new research from CALDER and join the discussion between expert researchers, policymakers, and practitioners! Register to save your spot: forms.gle/Y7EjoGW6UHL97w…

In the DC area? Last day to register for tomorrow's annual CALDER Conference.

What's the future of standardized testing? We'll have a roundtable discussion TOMORROW at #CALDER2025 to explore this question w/ VA Secretary of Ed. Aimee Guidera, EdTrust's @denise_edtrust, Fordham Institute's Michael Petrilli, & Dan Goldhaber. Register now! bit.ly/3En3lGk

New longitudinal data on staffing in Washington state suggest that preservice teachers may not be trained to enter the fields that most need them, and active teachers need more support—particularly in special education. ow.ly/OB4150Von8R CALDER Center Education Week #WAedu

Check out the full working paper on teacher supply & demand in Washington state following the pandemic from Dan Goldhaber, Grace Falken, & Roddy Theobald here: caldercenter.org/publications/s…

Evidence on teacher shortages in Washington state from the CALDER Center helps motivate #SPARCCenter work to address #SpecialEducation workforce challenges. Prioritizing these issues is key to improving outcomes for students with disabilities. edweek.org/leadership/tea…

Thanks to Amber for the shout out about the new CALDER Center paper on the longish-run effects of departmentalization in elementary schools: caldercenter.org/publications/b…

New CALDER Working Paper by Brian Kisida, Matthew Pepper, Michael Podgursky, and Michelle Wickman uses longitudinal data from US Chess to analyze male-female ratings gaps among young chess players. Read the full paper here! 👉 bit.ly/3YNTGzJ

Are you a chess fan? What about a fan of wonky statistical work? Put these things together and you get an interesting (& new) CALDER Center paper on male-female ratings gaps in high-level chess: caldercenter.org/publications/s…

New CALDER paper by Zeyu Xu & Ben Backes finds that in 2-year colleges in KCTCS, HS GPA is a stronger predictor of gateway course success than test scores-- though neither has very strong predictive power alone. Read the full paper to learn more: bit.ly/4iNTibV

We answer this question in our just published AERA paper. Here's the ungated CALDER Center version: caldercenter.org/publications/n… So, what do we find? 2/n

New CALDER Center WP! A study from my dissertation, w/ Roddy Theobald , Nathan Jones, & Elizabeth Bettini. We find staff turnover matters for SWDs. Ungated WP & one pager: Working paper: tinyurl.com/j3rykkp9 One-pager: tinyurl.com/bddtzxtp

Really excited to see this paper out in the world! We all know teacher turnover is bad, but this paper quantifies two really important facts: 1) teacher turnover is bad for all students; and 2) special education teacher turnover is especially bad for students with disabilities.