AEFP 43rd Annual Conference Program
Concurrent Session I - Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 8:30am to 10:00am
1.01 - Serving At-Risk Postsecondary Students
Room: Broadway 1
Chair: , University of Michigan
, Harvard University. Pre-college Math Remediation in Tennessee. , Vanderbilt University, , Vanderbilt University, , Harvard University. (Paper panel)
, City University of New York. Starting to Succeed: The impact of the CUNY Start Program on Academic Momentum. , City University of New York. (Paper panel)
, Harvard University. Experimental Evidence on Strategies to Increase College Completion for Students at Risk of Late Departure. , University of Virginia, , Stanford University. (Paper panel)
1.02 - Let's Eat!: The Effects of Free School Meals
Room: Broadway 2
Chair: , Georgetown University
, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A poor proxy for poverty: Administrative free and reduced-price lunch data and household income. , U.S. Census Bureau, , U.S. Census Bureau, , U.S. Census Bureau, , University of California - Irvine, , University of California - Irvine. (Paper panel)
, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Does Universal Access to Free School Meals Reduce Inequality in Educational Performance and Behavior?. , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Paper panel)
, Vanderbilt University. Free Meals for All: The effect of the community eligibility provision program in Tennessee. (Paper panel)
, Georgia State University. Estimating the Effects of Free School Meal Provisions on Child Health: Evidence from the Community Eligibility Provision in Georgia Schools. , Georgia State University. (Paper panel)
1.03 - The Development of New Teachers
Room: Broadway 3
Chair: , American University
, American Institutes for Research. Networked Improvement Communities for Improving Equal Access to Effective Teachers: Initial evidence of effectiveness. , American Institues for Research, , American Institutes for Research, , American Institutes for Research. (Paper panel)
, IMPAQ International. Improving Literacy Skills through Teacher Professional Development: Interim report on reading apprenticeship strategies. (Paper panel)
, University of Virginia. Exploring the Development of Teaching Skills. , University of Virginia, , Harvard University, , University of Virginia. (Paper panel)
, University of Southern California. Taking Their First Steps: The distribution of new teachers into classroom and school contexts and implications for teacher effectiveness and growth . , University of Southern California, , Michigan State University. (Paper panel)
1.04 - Supply, Demand & Quality in the Market for Early Childhood
Room: Broadway 4
Chair: , University of Notre Dame
, Queen's University. New Evidence on How Universal Child Care Influenced Child Care Decisions and Child Development, , Huron University College, , Queen's University. (Paper panel)
, University of Michigan. By What School-level Factors do Parents of Young Children Rank Schools? Evidence from an urban public school choice program. , MDRC. (Paper panel)
, Stanford University. The Effects of Accountability Incentives in Early Childhood Education: Evidence from Tennessee. , University of Virginia, , Stanford University, , Stanford University. (Paper panel)
, University of Virginia. System-wide Quality Improvements in Early Childhood Education: The role of within-program improvements and program closures. , University of Virginia, , Stanford University, , Stanford University. (Paper panel)
1.05 - Teachers unions
Room: Galleria 1
Chair: , Harvard University
, Stanford University. Teachers' Unions, School Board Politics, and District Performance. , University of Rochester. (Paper panel)
, University of Southern California. Teacher CBAs and the Productive Efficiency of School Districts: Longitudinal evidence from California. , University of Southern California, , Michigan State University. (Paper panel)
, Michigan State University. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? Examining the variation in collective bargaining agreements across states and over time. , Michigan State University, , American Institutes for Research, , University of Southern California, , Michigan State University, , American Institutes for Research. (Paper panel)
, Harvard University. Cultivating New Education Reform Leaders: The effect of TFA on education reform through policy feedback. , Harvard University. (Paper panel)
1.06 - Using State Data to Answer Policy Questions About CTE Participation
Room: Galleria 2
Chair: , Institute of Education Sciences
Discussants: , Wake County Public Schools, , University of Connecticut, , University of Tennessee, , Ohio Department of Education, , Tennessee Department of Education
(Policy talk)
Career technical education (CTE) has become a focus of many state plans to increase students’ college and career readiness and workforce training, but there is a critical need for high quality research to guide policy decisions. In the last few years, state longitudinal data systems (SLDS) have improved and become more accessible, offering an unprecedented opportunity to examine CTE participation by occupational field and student subgroup over time from high school into college and the workforce. Several studies have been conducted on CTE using SLDS (e.g., Dougherty, 2016) that have not only been useful to the state but have advanced the field’s overall understanding of CTE participation.
However, there is much more work that can be done, and many states have the necessary data to answer important research questions about CTE (including questions about equity and access, effect of participation on high school graduation rates, college enrollment and attainment, and civic and employment outcomes). This session will feature both researchers and state agency personnel discussing their findings thus far, the variety of potential research questions yet to be answered, the types of variables available in state databases, potential funding sources for this important work, and the best ways to access state data and work with state agencies to plan a CTE research agenda using SLDS.
1.07 - Targeting students at risk of falling behind
Room: Galleria 3
Chair: , University of North Carolina at Greensboro
, University of Southern California. Understanding the Long-term Effects of English Language Reclassification: Examining the impact of reclassification on community college students’ postsecondary outcomes. , University of Southern California, , New York University, , University of Southern California, , New York University. (Paper panel)
, CNA. How Did the Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative Affect High School Course-taking?. , Florida State University. (Paper panel)
, American Institutes for Research. Getting Students on Track for Graduation: Impact of the early warning intervention and monitoring system after one year. , American Institutes for Research, , American Institutes for Research, , American Institutes for Research, , American Institutes for Research. (Paper panel)
, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Early College High Schools at Scale: Probing heterogeneity of impacts on secondary and postsecondary completion. , RAND Corporation, , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Paper panel)
1.08 - Improving information quality for teacher hiring
Room: Council
Chair: , Texas State University
, University of Southern California. Making the Cut: The effectiveness of teacher screening and hiring in the Los Angeles Unified School District. , Michigan State University. (Paper panel)
, St. Catherine University. Do Student Teaching and Pre-student Teaching Predict Future Teacher Quality. , St. Catherine University, , University of Minnesota. (Paper panel)
, Utah State University. Measuring Teacher Valuations of Non-monetary Job Factors Through Adaptive Choice-based Conjoint Analysis. (Paper panel)
, University of California. Equity-oriented Applicants: What do prospective teachers say about the achievement gap and does it make them more attractive candidates?. , Christopher Newport University, , Stanford University. (Paper panel)
1.09 - STEM from High School to Graduate School
Room: Forum
Chair: , University of Melbourne
, Ohio State University. Gender Peer Effects and Persistence in STEM Doctoral Programs. , Ohio State University. (Paper panel)
, University of Kentucky. The Roles of Geography and Engineering Degree Production Concentration in Engineering Degree Attainment. , University of Missouri, , Purdue University. (Paper panel)
, University of Washington. Effects of Advanced Placement Science Courses on Students' College Entry: Evaluation from a randomized control trial . , George Washington University, , University of Washington, , Equal Measure. (Paper panel)
, University of Arkansas. Gender Gaps in Math Performance, Perceived Mathematical Ability and College STEM Education: The role of parental occupation. , University of Arkansas, , University of Michigan. (Paper panel)
1.10 - Selected topics in early childhood and preschool
Room: Studio
Chair: , University of Virginia
, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From Policy to Practice: Implementation of North Carolina’s Kindergarten Entry Assessment. , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Paper panel)
, Oregon State University. Scaling up Children’ School Readiness in The Gambia: Lessons from an experimental study. , World Bank, , University College London, , Institute for Fiscal Studies. (Paper panel)
, University of South Carolina. The Spillover Benefits of Expanding Access to Preschool: Evidence from South Carolina's Early Childhood Education Program . (Paper panel)
1.11 - Understanding and Improving Teacher Evaluation
Room: Directors
Chair: , UC Riverside
, Vanderbilt University. Teacher Evaluation Across the United States: Does using student data matter for student achievement?. , Vanderbilt University, , Vanderbilt University. (Paper panel)
, Vanderbilt University. The Consistency of Composite Ratings of Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence from New Mexico. , RAND Corporation, , RAND Corporation. (Paper panel)
, Georgia State University. Observational and Test-based Measures of Teacher Performance in a High-stakes Environment. (Paper panel)
