CALDER Center
@caldercenter.bsky.social
A project of the American Institutes for Research (@airinforms.bsky.social) and university scholars, committed to analysis of data that informs education policy. Visit us at www.caldercenter.org.
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How do early achievement gaps impact students' academic mobility? New CALDER paper uses WA data to track student test and non-test outcomes from 3rd grade to high school, finding that students who begin behind tend to stay behind.
Read here👉 caldercenter.org/publications...
@cedr.bsky.social
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@cedr.bsky.social
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Really excited to have this piece out on the Brown Center Chalkboard blog with @lmasonwms.bsky.social, @afgilmour.bsky.social, & @lizbettini.bsky.social on the importance of targeted solutions to special education teacher staffing challenges. See below!
"As we have demonstrated, different states face different #SpecialEducation teacher turnover problems. This suggests that the most promising solutions might vary across states."
Read more about our recent findings in our article with @brookings.edu: www.brookings.edu/articles/sta...
Read more about our recent findings in our article with @brookings.edu: www.brookings.edu/articles/sta...
States face different special education staffing challenges that require targeted responses | Brookings
Special education teacher turnover varies by state, calling for targeted, locally informed policy solutions.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Really excited to have this piece out on the Brown Center Chalkboard blog with @lmasonwms.bsky.social, @afgilmour.bsky.social, & @lizbettini.bsky.social on the importance of targeted solutions to special education teacher staffing challenges. See below!
Heading to Seattle for #2025APPAM this week? Be sure to check out presentations from CALDER experts @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @brbackes.bsky.social, & @cedr.bsky.social.
Click here to learn more about the conference: www.appam.org/conference-e...
Click here to learn more about the conference: www.appam.org/conference-e...
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Heading to Seattle for #2025APPAM this week? Be sure to check out presentations from CALDER experts @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @brbackes.bsky.social, & @cedr.bsky.social.
Click here to learn more about the conference: www.appam.org/conference-e...
Click here to learn more about the conference: www.appam.org/conference-e...
How do early achievement gaps impact students' academic mobility? New CALDER paper uses WA data to track student test and non-test outcomes from 3rd grade to high school, finding that students who begin behind tend to stay behind.
Read here👉 caldercenter.org/publications...
@cedr.bsky.social
Read here👉 caldercenter.org/publications...
@cedr.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
How do early achievement gaps impact students' academic mobility? New CALDER paper uses WA data to track student test and non-test outcomes from 3rd grade to high school, finding that students who begin behind tend to stay behind.
Read here👉 caldercenter.org/publications...
@cedr.bsky.social
Read here👉 caldercenter.org/publications...
@cedr.bsky.social
Heading to Seattle for #2025APPAM next week? Be sure to check out presentations from CALDER experts @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @brbackes.bsky.social, & @cedr.bsky.social. Click here to learn more about the conference: www.appam.org/conference-e...
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Heading to Seattle for #2025APPAM next week? Be sure to check out presentations from CALDER experts @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @brbackes.bsky.social, & @cedr.bsky.social. Click here to learn more about the conference: www.appam.org/conference-e...
Despite widespread concerns about teacher shortages, evidence on the supply of teacher applicants is limited. New CALDER research uses job posting & application data from school districts & charter organizations to explore the teacher application landscape.
Read 👉 bit.ly/4oHMfEV
Read 👉 bit.ly/4oHMfEV
October 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Despite widespread concerns about teacher shortages, evidence on the supply of teacher applicants is limited. New CALDER research uses job posting & application data from school districts & charter organizations to explore the teacher application landscape.
Read 👉 bit.ly/4oHMfEV
Read 👉 bit.ly/4oHMfEV
Five years after the onset of COVID-19, what have we learned about how schools adapted?
Today @ 2 ET: Join @bellwetherorg.bsky.social & CALDER to explore what we learned from pandemic-era research & how these findings can guide education policy today.
Register ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/bellwe...
Today @ 2 ET: Join @bellwetherorg.bsky.social & CALDER to explore what we learned from pandemic-era research & how these findings can guide education policy today.
Register ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/bellwe...
Lessons from COVID-19: How schools adapted and what we learned | Bellwether posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Five years after the onset of COVID-19, what have we learned about how schools adapted?
The pandemic forced school leaders to make big decisions in real time, often without precedent.
Join Bellwethe...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Five years after the onset of COVID-19, what have we learned about how schools adapted?
Today @ 2 ET: Join @bellwetherorg.bsky.social & CALDER to explore what we learned from pandemic-era research & how these findings can guide education policy today.
Register ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/bellwe...
Today @ 2 ET: Join @bellwetherorg.bsky.social & CALDER to explore what we learned from pandemic-era research & how these findings can guide education policy today.
Register ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/bellwe...
Join @bellwetherorg.bsky.social and CALDER on Monday 10/20 @ 2 PM ET for a LinkedIn Live conversation on what we learned from pandemic-era research and how these findings can guide education policy today.
Register ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/bellwe...
@cedr.bsky.social @airinforms.bsky.social
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@cedr.bsky.social @airinforms.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Join @bellwetherorg.bsky.social and CALDER on Monday 10/20 @ 2 PM ET for a LinkedIn Live conversation on what we learned from pandemic-era research and how these findings can guide education policy today.
Register ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/bellwe...
@cedr.bsky.social @airinforms.bsky.social
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Our @caldercenter.bsky.social research brief with @cedr.bsky.social and @ahkatz5.bsky.social on special education identification during the pandemic is now published in EEPA! We show that, after an initial dip, identification rates have now "caught up" with pre-pandemic norms: tinyurl.com/y4bea5y5
October 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Our @caldercenter.bsky.social research brief with @cedr.bsky.social and @ahkatz5.bsky.social on special education identification during the pandemic is now published in EEPA! We show that, after an initial dip, identification rates have now "caught up" with pre-pandemic norms: tinyurl.com/y4bea5y5
Traditional state data systems often lack the info needed to answer fundamental questions about teacher supply & demand. Two new CALDER briefs explain how new approaches can help fill these gaps.
➡️ SUPPLY: bit.ly/3WchGex
➡️ DEMAND: bit.ly/4nJtLnA
➡️ SUPPLY: bit.ly/3WchGex
➡️ DEMAND: bit.ly/4nJtLnA
October 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Traditional state data systems often lack the info needed to answer fundamental questions about teacher supply & demand. Two new CALDER briefs explain how new approaches can help fill these gaps.
➡️ SUPPLY: bit.ly/3WchGex
➡️ DEMAND: bit.ly/4nJtLnA
➡️ SUPPLY: bit.ly/3WchGex
➡️ DEMAND: bit.ly/4nJtLnA
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Happy to announce that @caldercenter.bsky.social just released two IES-funded briefs - they really are BRIEF! - about how to get a better handle on teacher demand and future teacher supply:
Supply side: caldercenter.org/publications...
Demand side: caldercenter.org/publications...
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Supply side: caldercenter.org/publications...
Demand side: caldercenter.org/publications...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Happy to announce that @caldercenter.bsky.social just released two IES-funded briefs - they really are BRIEF! - about how to get a better handle on teacher demand and future teacher supply:
Supply side: caldercenter.org/publications...
Demand side: caldercenter.org/publications...
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Supply side: caldercenter.org/publications...
Demand side: caldercenter.org/publications...
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Hot off the presses a new @caldercenter.bsky.social paper on which college students are opting into a path toward becoming a teacher (by applying to a teacher ed program): caldercenter.org/publications...
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September 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hot off the presses a new @caldercenter.bsky.social paper on which college students are opting into a path toward becoming a teacher (by applying to a teacher ed program): caldercenter.org/publications...
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What is the prevalence of late hiring & what factors predict it? New CALDER paper by @cedr.bsky.social & Maia Goodman Young uses scraped job posting data from WA to examine late staffing & how it varies by district & subject area.
Read here: caldercenter.org/publications...
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Read here: caldercenter.org/publications...
🧵 Learn more below 👇
Given what we know about late teacher hiring, it's quite likely that late posting of teacher job openings indicate trouble for student achievement. We look at this phenomenon in Washington state using scraped job openings.
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August 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What is the prevalence of late hiring & what factors predict it? New CALDER paper by @cedr.bsky.social & Maia Goodman Young uses scraped job posting data from WA to examine late staffing & how it varies by district & subject area.
Read here: caldercenter.org/publications...
🧵 Learn more below 👇
Read here: caldercenter.org/publications...
🧵 Learn more below 👇
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Some evidence on the impact of COVID-era teacher licensure waivers (& nice write up of recent @caldercenter.bsky.social working papers).
What Happened When States Dropped Teacher Licensing Requirements? www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
What Happened When States Dropped Teacher Licensing Requirements? www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
What Happened When States Dropped Teacher Licensing Requirements?
New research into that period offers clues about what more permanent changes to licensure requirements could effect.
www.edweek.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Some evidence on the impact of COVID-era teacher licensure waivers (& nice write up of recent @caldercenter.bsky.social working papers).
What Happened When States Dropped Teacher Licensing Requirements? www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
What Happened When States Dropped Teacher Licensing Requirements? www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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For your Monday morning enjoyment!: two new @caldercenter.bsky.social papers looking at the effects of pandemic-era teacher licensure test waivers on the teacher labor market:
caldercenter.org/publications...
caldercenter.org/publications...
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August 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For your Monday morning enjoyment!: two new @caldercenter.bsky.social papers looking at the effects of pandemic-era teacher licensure test waivers on the teacher labor market:
caldercenter.org/publications...
caldercenter.org/publications...
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New @caldercenter.bsky.social paper alert! We (big group of authors) look at summer school as a pandemic recovery strategy.
What do we find? 👇
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What do we find? 👇
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Summer School as an Academic Recovery Strategy After COVID-19: Evidence from Summer 2023 | CALDER Center
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August 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New @caldercenter.bsky.social paper alert! We (big group of authors) look at summer school as a pandemic recovery strategy.
What do we find? 👇
caldercenter.org/publications...
What do we find? 👇
caldercenter.org/publications...
New CALDER report by @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @afgilmour.bsky.social, Equia Aniagyei-Cobbold & Marcy Stein analyzes administrative, survey, & interview data related to 7 Attract Prepare Retain projects in PA, all targeting the special educator pipeline.
Read 👉 caldercenter.org/publications...
Read 👉 caldercenter.org/publications...
The Special Education Teacher Pipeline in Pennsylvania: Year 3 Report | CALDER Center
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July 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New CALDER report by @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @afgilmour.bsky.social, Equia Aniagyei-Cobbold & Marcy Stein analyzes administrative, survey, & interview data related to 7 Attract Prepare Retain projects in PA, all targeting the special educator pipeline.
Read 👉 caldercenter.org/publications...
Read 👉 caldercenter.org/publications...
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In a recent @caldercenter.bsky.social study, @lindseykaler.bsky.social, @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @lizbettini.bsky.social, and @natejones.bsky.social show how #SpecialEducation teacher turnover negatively impacts test scores—making teacher retention a critical priority.
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Impacts of Staff Turnover on Test Scores for Students With and Without Disabilities | CALDER Center
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July 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In a recent @caldercenter.bsky.social study, @lindseykaler.bsky.social, @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @lizbettini.bsky.social, and @natejones.bsky.social show how #SpecialEducation teacher turnover negatively impacts test scores—making teacher retention a critical priority.
📄 Learn more
📄 Learn more
CALDER partnered with @bellwetherorg.bsky.social on a new series looking at how pandemic-era research can help education leaders navigate today’s K–12 policy challenges. Check out the first report here: bellwether.org/publications...
@cedr.bsky.social
@cedr.bsky.social
The Pandemic Learning Project: Using Research on COVID-Era Policy Change to Strengthen K-12 Education | Bellwether
bellwether.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
CALDER partnered with @bellwetherorg.bsky.social on a new series looking at how pandemic-era research can help education leaders navigate today’s K–12 policy challenges. Check out the first report here: bellwether.org/publications...
@cedr.bsky.social
@cedr.bsky.social
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Excited to circulate another @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! Another study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social. Using data from WA, we track individual paraeducators to predict exit from the state education workforce. Ungated WP here: tinyurl.com/3wtfrm2m
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July 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Excited to circulate another @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! Another study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social. Using data from WA, we track individual paraeducators to predict exit from the state education workforce. Ungated WP here: tinyurl.com/3wtfrm2m
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What career paths do CTE teachers take before entering the classroom? NEW CALDER working paper analyzes WA state employment records and teacher staffing data to understand the "front end" of the CTE pipeline. Learn more: bit.ly/4164PNv
July 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
What career paths do CTE teachers take before entering the classroom? NEW CALDER working paper analyzes WA state employment records and teacher staffing data to understand the "front end" of the CTE pipeline. Learn more: bit.ly/4164PNv
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Excited to share a new working paper with Bluesky-less Equia Aniagyei-Cobbold and @roddy-theobald.bsky.social : Unequal and Maybe Inequitable: Emergency Permitted Special Education Teachers in Pennsylvania
Read it here- tinyurl.com/372h4bcy
Read it here- tinyurl.com/372h4bcy
Unequal and Maybe Inequitable: Emergency Permitted Special Education Teachers in Pennsylvania | CALDER Center
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July 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Excited to share a new working paper with Bluesky-less Equia Aniagyei-Cobbold and @roddy-theobald.bsky.social : Unequal and Maybe Inequitable: Emergency Permitted Special Education Teachers in Pennsylvania
Read it here- tinyurl.com/372h4bcy
Read it here- tinyurl.com/372h4bcy
Are four-day school weeks actually helping to ease staffing challenges like districts hope? New CALDER study examines the impact of 4DSWs on teacher recruitment & retention outcomes in Missouri, and finds no evidence of improvement so far. Learn more: bit.ly/43xXzvI
June 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Are four-day school weeks actually helping to ease staffing challenges like districts hope? New CALDER study examines the impact of 4DSWs on teacher recruitment & retention outcomes in Missouri, and finds no evidence of improvement so far. Learn more: bit.ly/43xXzvI
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New @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! A study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @natejones.bsky.social, & @lizbettini.bsky.social. We find staff turnover matters for SWDs. Ungated WP & one pager:
• Working paper: tinyurl.com/j3rykkp9
• One-pager: tinyurl.com/bddtzxtp
• Working paper: tinyurl.com/j3rykkp9
• One-pager: tinyurl.com/bddtzxtp
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! A study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @natejones.bsky.social, & @lizbettini.bsky.social. We find staff turnover matters for SWDs. Ungated WP & one pager:
• Working paper: tinyurl.com/j3rykkp9
• One-pager: tinyurl.com/bddtzxtp
• Working paper: tinyurl.com/j3rykkp9
• One-pager: tinyurl.com/bddtzxtp
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We answer this question in our just published @aeraedresearch.bsky.social paper. Here's the ungated @caldercenter.bsky.social version: caldercenter.org/publications...
So, what do we find?
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May 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We answer this question in our just published @aeraedresearch.bsky.social paper. Here's the ungated @caldercenter.bsky.social version: caldercenter.org/publications...
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New CALDER working paper by @zeyuxu.bsky.social & @brbackes.bsky.social finds that in 2-year colleges in KY, HS GPA is a stronger predictor of gateway course success than test scores-- though neither has very strong predictive power alone. Read the full paper to learn more: bit.ly/4iNTibV
May 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New CALDER working paper by @zeyuxu.bsky.social & @brbackes.bsky.social finds that in 2-year colleges in KY, HS GPA is a stronger predictor of gateway course success than test scores-- though neither has very strong predictive power alone. Read the full paper to learn more: bit.ly/4iNTibV