Kelly Purtell

“I like preregistration for science for the same reason that architects like to build scale models before designing the building. Preregistration helps me form my expectations, allows me to make more reasonable design choices, and makes it easier for me to be surprised in useful ways.” (in comment)

Researcher - City Connects, Center for Thriving Children - Career Page Apply to Researcher at City Connects, Center for Thriving Children in Boston, MA.

Please circulate: we have an open PhD-level (education, developmental psychology, sociology, economics, or other social science) research position in the Center for Thriving Children for someone cityconnects.applytojob.com/apply/eDFIzj...

If you want to know if a study provides valid evidence of whether a policy or practice has a causal impact on outcomes, look for:

1) a control or comparison group
2) control for pretest
3) independent outcome measures

#EduSky #EdResearch

States’ Demographically Adjusted Performance on the 2022 Nation’s Report Card

Demographically adjusted NAEP scores for 2022 just dropped.

How did your state do? www.urban.org/research/pub...

HDFS @ Purdue is hiring a research professor (assistant/associate level) focused on early childhood education. This position is a non-tenure, but promotable, track. View the ad and submit your materials at: careers.purdue.edu/job/Professo.... We will begin reviewing applications after January 2nd.

Comprehensive early literacy policy and the “Mississippi Miracle” In 2013, Mississippi ranked 49th in fourth grade reading achievement on the National Assessment of Education Progress. By 2019, the state ranked 29th.…

Mississippi's literacy promotion policy did boost student achievement on national tests: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hey #ece educators, I’m writing about #HeadStart for School Library Journal. If you work in Head Start, I’d love to hear about collaborations you have with the local public library. Also, tell me about how you are feeling about potential cuts from the new administration. DM’s ok #ecesky #edusky #edu

At today's #2024APPAM Rossi Award Lecture, I’ll argue the substantial impact of open-science practices has been far too narrow.

It’s time to adapt & adopt open-science practices—especially
preregistration—for quasi-experimental designs (QEDs).

#EconSky #EduSky #APPAM2024 @appam.bsky.social

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My colleague Cynthia Osborne is seeking a strong writer for her PN-3 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt who can translate complex research findings for a broad audience. Details below and please feel free to share! ecsr.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Given the new followers (hello 👋!), I want to reshare this starter pack on ECE policy and research.

This list is full of really smart, thoughtful folks and I expect the group to just keep growing!

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Corporal Punishment in K-12 Public Schools: Where Does It Stand in 2024? | Bellwether In October 1970, Willie Wright, a middle school principal in Florida, used a wooden paddle to strike his 8th-grade student James Ingraham more than 20 times. Ingraham subsequently sought medical treat...

Corporal punishment has long been banned in prisons. But 70,000 kids still receive corporal punishment in our nation’s schools. My new piece, with John Bellaire, explores the state of this practice in our country and its impact on students. #EduSky bellwether.org/blog/corpora...

Hadn’t seen a women in education policy research starter pack yet. Please let me know if I missed you… still getting my bearings in the new place.

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Important research findings here: If nothing else the pandemic should have taught us the importance of clean air in schools!

When a mom enrolls in college...and completes a degree: Payoffs for mothers who reenroll in school include earnings gains of $2,732/year on average. But when mothers reenroll and complete a college degree their earnings gains average $8,934/year. Children of mothers who reenroll and complete a degree experience gains in reading and verbal scores, are 9% more likely to complete high school, 21% more likely to enroll in college, and 38% more likely to get a college degree; and those children experience earnings gains of $5,400/year in early adulthood. Source: Theresa Anderson. 2022. What if Mom Went Back to School? Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Dollar values are update from the original brief to 2024 US dollars.

I guess I'll start by sharing some neat data. Because in the policy research world, that's a polite way to say hello.

Nearly 1 in 5 US undergraduate students have dependent children. 70% of those student parents are women. Helping them complete degrees pays off big, for them and their children.

Low-income students have been a ridiculously tiny share of elite college enrollment for a century

"Spanning the last 100 years...there has been no increase in economic diversity in elite private and public colleges."

Important ideas for other states in here too!

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Voters support ballot measures for child services - The Hechinger Report Voters across the country showed overwhelming support for ballot measures for child care and other services

Very helpful summary here of the results of various ECE-focused ballot measures across the country hechingerreport.org/how-child-fo...

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