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Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

"Education Finance, Policy and Practice: The Role of Evidence in a Dynamic World"

Hyatt Regency—Boston, MA—March 15-17, 2012

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Date/Time

Topic

Presenter/Author(s)


Thursday, March 15    
2:45-4:15 p.m. Session: All About Kindergarten  
  School Entry Policies and the Value of a Year in (or out) of School Elias Walsh
  Session: Teacher Pay Reform  
  An Evaluation of the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) in Chicago: Years Three and Four Impact Report Allison McKie Seifullah (co-author Steven Glazerman)
  Session: Inside the "Black Box" of Charter School Impacts: What Works Brian Gill, Chair
Kevin Booker, Discussant
  Factors Associated with Charter School Impacts: Findings from an Experimental Evaluation Philip Gleason (co-author Melissa Clark and Christina Clark Tuttle)
  The Diverse Impacts of Charter-School Management Organizations Ira Nichols-Barrer (co-author Bing-ru Teh, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, and Brian Gill)
  Charter-School Management Organizations: Examining Associations Between Diverse Strategies and Diverse Impacts Moira McCullough (co-author Alexandra Killewald, Joshua Haimson, and Brian Gill)
  Session: Value-Added and the Realities of Data Steven Glazerman, Discussant
4:30-6:00 p.m. Session: Value-Added Modeling: Methodological Challenges Steven Glazerman, Chair
  Assessing the Rothstein Test: Does it Really Show Teacher Value-Added Models Are Biased? Duncan Chaplin
  Controlling for Race/Ethnicity in Value-Added Models Matthew Johnson (co-author Stephen Lipscomb and Brian Gill)
  Assessing the Feasibility of Using Value-Added Models for Principal Evaluations Hanley Chiang (co-author Stephen Lipscomb and Brian Gill)
Friday, March 16    
8:30-10:00 a.m. Session: Teacher Assignments, Incentives, and Equity  
  Do Transfer Incentives for High-Value Added Teachers Work? Results from a Randomized Field Experiment Steven Glazerman (co-author Ali Protik, Bing-ru Teh, and Julie Redline)
10:15-11:45 a.m. Session: Selection and Bias in Value-Added Models Duncan Chaplin, Discussant
  Session: Value-Added for Teacher Evaluation in the District of Columbia Brian Gill, Chair
Eric Isenberg, Discussant
2:00-3:30 p.m. Session: Teacher Characteristics and Schooling Outcomes Eric Isenberg, Discussant
3:45-5:15 p.m. Poster Session  
  Implementing a Value-Added Model for Charter Schools Across 20 States Kevin Booker (co-author Liz Potamites)
Saturday, March 17    
9:45-11:15 a.m. Session: Entry Into University Stephen Lipscomb, Discussant
  Session: Early Childhood Interventions Elias Walsh, Chair
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Session: Teacher Sorting Hanley Chiang, Discussant
  Session: Impacts of Accountability and Choice Eric Isenberg, Chair