Really important to be cautious about licensure policy. As we show in this new report (major findings in Ben Backes 🧵), early cohorts of teachers who received pandemic licensure waivers didn't look that different from fully licensed teachers, but ...

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New working paper! With James Cowan Dan Goldhaber Roddy Theobald

We examine a pandemic-era policy in Massachusetts that allowed prospective teachers to become licensed to teach without first completing typical requirements such as licensure testing. caldercenter.org/sites/default/…

Good Jill Barshay piece about targeted teacher pay increases and their effects on retention. The piece mentions a couple of CALDER Center papers:

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Excited to share the EER version of my and Paul Thompson Megan Kuhfeld 's paper examining the impacts of four-day school weeks (now in nearly 900 US districts!) on student achievement across 6 states using NWEA MAP Growth data. bit.ly/3PP5b5I 🧵

WEPC's ED Meagan Comb got her start w/ research-informed policymaking while working on big changes to #teacherprep accountability Massachusetts K-12. Check out one study she's sure to mention from an #RPP w/ CALDER Center Dan Goldhaber James Cowan & Roddy Theobald
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What happens when you use one time funds for multiyear costs? New from Dan Goldhaber and CALDER Center: 'In the absence of new funding, school staffing budgets will likely need to contract substantially following the sunset of ESSER.' #edpolicy #k12 #edcolo

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As promised, we just released a new CALDER Center paper on how ESSER funding INFLUENCED school system hiring in WA. In particular, we are estimating the number of school system employees got hired that wouldn't have in the absence of ESSER funds.

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New paper alert!

Can teacher retention be improved by making better hires? We explore this in a new CALDER Center working paper that assesses the degree to which a survey of applicants' references is predictive of later teacher attrition: caldercenter.org/publications/h…

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Honored to receive this award on using evidence in policy & practice! Thank you AEFP, thank you Massachusetts K-12 for its commitment to research, and special thx to amazing research partners like CALDER Center & Wheelock Educational Policy Center! #AEFP2024

A CALDER Center study traced the paths novice WA state teachers took to enter the profession. Dan Goldhaber et al. found that 38% of them came from two-year colleges, suggesting they could serve as a robust recruitment source for aspiring teachers. bit.ly/49oh6z8

Congratulations to CALDER Policymakers Council's Claire Abbott! 🎉

Helen Ladd kicks off the afternoon session with an investigation of the impact of the NC Pre-K program on the teaching environments in the elementary schools in which those children subsequently enroll. #CALDER2024

'I've encouraged districts to not use FERPA as barriers to research. And really they're doing it protect their students but I think there's a really fine line between protecting your students and being a barrier to research.' Akisha Osei Sarfo, PhD #CALDER2024

'Most superintendents are not looking at the research and evidence when they're working on their budget. They're looking at what they did last year & what's working in other districts. We need to do a better job of preparing them to use the evidence.' -Kirsten Baesler #CALDER2024

'There needs to be an opportunity for states to convene their district leaders to look at and use the evidence.' -
@akishasarfo on what states can do to promote evidence-backed risk-taking and innovation in education policy #CALDER2024