Dan Goldhaber

Who am I? I remind myself here, & here, Views are usually mine, & are not necessarily reflective of anything.

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

Terrific @SarahDSparks story about the (potential) future of ed research and proposed changes to how the U.S. Dept of Ed administers grants.

The Future of Education Research: More Partisan and Largely Left to States? https://t.co/IYeG21z5X9

[Matthew A. Kraft @MatthewAKraft]

This was a killer talk - quick, policy relevant, and highly accessible. Check it out.

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

Great job opportunity 👇

[Nat Malkus @natmalkus]

Job alert: @AEI's ed policy team is hiring a (senior) data analyst. Large datasets, real policy questions, Stata/R/Python. NLP & ETL pipeline experience a plus.
Big shoes to fill, left by Sam Hollon.
Please share widely.
https://t.co/aEFHFY8y5n

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

Congratulations to Megan Austin who has been announced as the new CALDER Director. She gets to work with a terrific set of researchers on important issues!

https://t.co/3g13SHSJuQ

[NCTQ @NCTQ]

Special education has had the most persistent teacher shortages of any specialty for 30 years, and more than a third of public schools still don't have enough special ed teachers. But as @SarahDSparks reports, only 11 states offer higher pay for these roles.

That's a missed opportunity, especially when states like Hawaii have demonstrated that annual incentives can help fill open special ed positions and keep these teachers in the classroom. https://t.co/J7jVYvGlC1

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

Super interesting findings in Amber's RM about what happens over time in growing and declining (student enrollment) districts. It might not be what you think!

Take a look: https://t.co/ktbEx1zdk1

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

So much of ed policy is predicated on the notion that successful reforms will spread and be sustained. This often proves not true and is one of the central issues in the interesting discussion about the use of the portfolio model in Camden, NJ. + 👇

https://t.co/a3eSQKRh7p

[Christopher Cleveland @christocleve]

@MichaelPetrilli @BeALearningHero @nhannahjones @KelseyTuoc @Dr_RolandFryer @jaycaspiankang As @CEDR_US notes, grades and test scores can both provide predictive information about different longer term outcomes.

My paper: https://t.co/jUOfYpdXyw

[Education Finance & Policy @EFPJournal]

#TakeawayTuesday: In “Teacher Effectiveness in Remote Instruction,” @mcadelawson and Tim Sass show how teachers’ value-added varies with virtual instruction. Read more here: https://t.co/a0c85BoWry #RemoteInstruction #ValueAdded #Covid19 #EdResearch #EducationPolicy

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

@john_seelke @EFPJournal Yes and the size of the pool is quite varied across different school systems/schools.

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

Everyone knows (or should know) how important teachers are for student achievement. I think there's some low-hanging fruit when it comes to improving teacher quality through better hiring decisions. Want to know more (all in 1 page!), see @EFPJournal's https://t.co/IzCSsSjXQt

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

@Ed_Realist @MichaelPetrilli @BeALearningHero @nhannahjones @KelseyTuoc @Dr_RolandFryer @jaycaspiankang I don't agree about grades not being predictive alone, but more on that in the next month or so.

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

@Ed_Realist @MichaelPetrilli @BeALearningHero @nhannahjones @KelseyTuoc @Dr_RolandFryer @jaycaspiankang I can't that specific result, but it would not preclude grades being predictive, e.g., a student having an SAT of 1200 with a 3.5 is predicted to have better outcomes than one with a 1200 and a 3.0.

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

@Ed_Realist @MichaelPetrilli @BeALearningHero @nhannahjones @KelseyTuoc @Dr_RolandFryer @jaycaspiankang If grades were not predictive, I'd agree with you, but, while certainly imperfect, they do still predict postsecondary outcomes.

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

This paper is part of a larger NSF-funded mixed-methods project on the early teacher pipeline (DUE# 1950030). Thank you, @NSF! Download the papers at https://t.co/9yGMsyjpiE, and read a brief summarizing the findings for the project as a whole: https://t.co/BfCfC3wpFu... 11/11

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

This is a long one, folks: new CALDER working paper on the extent to which academic preparation predicts teacher workforce outcomes. We link college records from 3 WA public universities to who teaches, how effective they are, and who stays. 🧵 https://t.co/BfCfC3wpFu... 1/11

[Dan Goldhaber @CEDR_US]

Takeaway: GPA and SAT thresholds are blunt proxies for a signal that preparation programs already generate. Evidence that what is observed/evaluated in teacher education/college is predictive of teacher performance. 10/11