Annual Conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy

"Education Renewal and Reform…in the Face of Resource Constraints"

Intercontinental Hotel—New Orleans, LA—March 14-16, 2013

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Date/Time

Topic

Presenter/Author(s)

Thursday, March 14

2:45-4:15 p.m.

Session: Teacher Response to Changes in Pay

Eric Isenberg, Chair

4:30-6:00 p.m.

Session: The Distribution of Teacher Effectiveness

Philip Gleason, Discussant

Access to Effective Teaching for Disadvantaged Students in the District of Columbia

Eric Isenberg, co-author Jeffrey Max

Session: Teacher Compensation, Qualifications, and Staffing

Steven Glazerman, Discussant

Friday, March 15

8:30-10:00 a.m.

Session: Hiring and Recruitment

Duncan Chaplin, Discussant

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Session: International Perspectives: Education Policy and Performance

Mariesa Herrmann, Discussant

2:00-3:45 p.m.

Session: Middle and High School Interventions

Philip Gleason, Chair

Session: Methodological Issues in Value-Added Models

Does Tracking of Students Bias Value-Added Estimates for Teachers?

Ali Protik, co-authors Elias Walsh, Alex Resch, and Eric Isenberg

Is the Stability of Value Added Underestimated?

Bing-ru Teh, co-authors Alex Resch, Eric Isenberg, Heinrich Hock, and Elias Walsh

Shrinkage of Value-Added Estimates and Characteristics of Students with Hard-to-Predict Achievement Levels

Mariesa Herrmann, co-authors Elias Walsh and Eric Isenberg

Session: Equity and Access to Quality Across Schools

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Discussant

4:00-5:45 p.m.

Poster Session

Reviewing Systematic Reviews: Meta-Analysis of What Works Clearinghouse Computer-Assisted Reading Interventions

Andrei Streke and Others

Saturday, March 16

9:45-11:15 a.m.

Session: New Evidence on the Impacts of KIPP Charter Schools

KIPP Impacts on Academic Achievement: Propensity Score Matching Results for 41 KIPP Middle Schools

Ira Nichols-Barrer, co-authors Brian Gill, Philip Gleason, and Christina Clark Tuttle

Impacts of KIPP Schools on Higher-Order Thinking Skills and Non-Academic Outcomes: Findings from a National Experimental Evaluation

Alex Resch, co- authors Brian Gill, Philip Gleason, and Christina Clark Tuttle

Characteristics of KIPP Schools Associated with Impacts

Virginia Knechtel, co-authors Christina Clark Tuttle, Philip Gleason, Brian Gill, and Maureen Higgins