09/17/2021
CALDER Principal Researcher finds positive effects of remediation in middle school on postsecondary outcomes in this new CALDER Working Paper! Read it here now!👉https://bit.ly/2VLEPso
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
09/10/2021
⚠️WARNING⚠️ This new CALDER Opinion Brief contains the authors' unmoderated opinions & may cause dizziness or nausea🙊
The Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity: What States and Districts Can Do Now to Learn from Interventions
Read it here!👉https://bit.ly/3nrIreq
Authors: Heather Boughton, Jessica de Barros, Dan Goldhaber, Sydney Payne, & Nathaniel Schwartz
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
08/31/2021
How effective are high school transition programs at increasing college readiness? This newly-published CALDER article in the Journal of Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis shows that unfortunately, the results have been mixed at best.
This study by researchers Zeyu Xu, Ben Backes, Amanda Oliveira, and Dan Goldhaber was funded by the Institute for Education Sciences. Read the study and blog post from the Brookings Brown Center here!
High school transition programs have mixed success in improving college readiness
Cracking the code on college completion.
08/30/2021
🚨New CALDER Working Paper!!🚨 Authors Ben Backes, James Cowan, & Dan Goldhaber dig in to gifted education and its effects on student learning environments🏫. Read the paper here!👉https://bit.ly/38ART6Z
Special thanks to partners WA OSPI, IES Research, AIR, & the National Center for Research on Gifted Ed!
08/19/2021
FINALLY! The paper update you’ve all been waiting for, Academic Mobility in U.S. Public Schools: Evidence from Nearly 3 Million Students (that’s a lot😮)
Does academic mobility account for differences in economic mobility? Read here!👉 https://bit.ly/3m8eYFT
08/11/2021
Bridging the research-practitioner-policy dynamic is a must for making research useful. Thank you to CALDER Policymakers Council member Carrie Conaway for sharing her insights based on experience grounded in all of these perspectives!
Funding Research that Is Useful and Used
Looking ahead to the next 20 years of the Institute of Education Sciences
08/10/2021
Thanks to the National Council on Teacher Quality for highlighting this CALDER study on mismatches and movement in new teacher employment!
Mismatches and movement in new teacher employment
New data show the extent of the mismatch between teachers' certification and the area in which teachers are needed.