Excited to release a new @caldercenter working paper on correctional education with @CEDR_US and Suvekshya Gautam.
caldercenter.org/publication…
We study the effects of these degrees on earnings using linked correctional and UI records in WA. We implement a difference-in-differences design that compares changes in earnings after incarceration for prisoners earning degrees to those who enroll without completing a degree.
Excited to have new descriptive work on teacher licensure forthcoming at AERJ. We (@CEDR_US @zjin_12 @RoddyTheobald) assess relationships btwn licensure tests and teacher VA in MA and assess some concerns about implications for teacher diversity.
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Tests of teacher content knowledge are predictive of student achievement gains. This relationship does not differ based on teacher race/ethnicity, although teachers of color do retake tests at lower rates.
Nice overview of some of our (@brbackes @CEDR_US @RoddyTheobald) recent @caldercenter research on alternative measures of teaching effectiveness by @DeArmondMM here: caldercenter.org/sites/defau…
Excited to release a new working paper, "Teachers and school climate: Effects on student outcomes and academic disparities", joint with @brbackes, @cedr_us, and @RoddyTheobald.
We find that teachers who positively contribute to school climate also improve student outcomes. In addition, teachers who disproportionately improve the perceptions of students of color have outsize effects on their learning gains.
More here: caldercenter.org/publication…
And special thanks to our research partners at @MASchoolsK12.
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Job alert🔥, the fire indicates that it's with us, @caldercenter! Lots of interesting work, but, in particular, studies focused on teacher preparation and how prep experiences translate into workforce outcomes for teachers and students:
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Congrats, @uozek !
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Hot off the presses from @wtgrantfdn: @LauraBookerTN, Nate Schwartz, and me on five ways RPPs can fail and how to avoid them. What are they, you ask? Check out the thread below (and the report). wtgrantfoundation.org/five-w…
If you read the stories about the fallout of new CBAs in WA circulating yesterday, I’d also recommend this piece on development since then. State policy may not be an exogenous constraint on union/district negotiators.
NEW: Seattle Public Schools says it won’t have to cut librarians, assistant principals and other school-based staff now that the legislature lifted the levy cap knkx.org/post/seattle-public…
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Do interest rate hikes increase math test scores? We find that at least for unemployed males, the answer is a definitive yes.
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Paper in one figure: large drops in measured student achievement for districts that switched to online testing
