Roddy Theobald

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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**NEW** one-page EFP "Takeaways" for the excellent paper by @douglasharris9.bsky.social and Valentina Martinez-Pabon that I was delighted to handle for @efpjournal.bsky.social. Provides a comprehensive descriptive analysis of school closures and restructurings in the US: aefpweb.org/files/Takeaw...

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...

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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Really excited to have another paper with the amazing @lindseykaler.bsky.social out in the world! Her research on the paraeducator workforce has really contributed to our broader understanding of the special educator workforce, and see below for her thread on this specific study!

In the Handbook of Education Policy Research (2nd Edition), @lmasonwms.bsky.social and Margaret McLaughlin explore “Finding the Right Tools: The Affordances and Limitations of the IDEA”.

📘 See the full table of contents: www.aera.net/Portals/38/2...

So good to see this one in wild!!!!

Excited to get this working paper out into the world! CTE teachers are a unique group of educators, and this paper begins to explore the front end of the CTE teacher pipeline in Washington:

bit.ly/4164PNv

We're so grateful to IES and NCSER for their support of this broader project:

bit.ly/3GWR7FV

Balancing Acts - Narratives from Student Loan Borrowers in Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Income Driven Repayment Share your ideas and comment on others!

Recently, my team and I interviewed over 120 #PublicServiceLoanForgivness borrowers. We have created a few papers with the data, but I've been thinking about how to get more of it in a more "raw" format for public consumption.

See my Padlet - padlet.com/dcllier6/bal...

Check out my team’s new working paper - we have some interesting findings on pandemic and post-pandemic academic achievement

Our researchers are digging into questions about the #SpecialEducation teacher workforce. Recently, @lizbettini.bsky.social, @lindseykaler.bsky.social, @hannahmmathews.bsky.social,‬ Malavika Ragunathan & Katheryn Meyer explored teacher beliefs about students labeled with EBD.

Thrilled to have this new working paper out on an important topic on the special education teacher workforce!

Very excited for the latest paper from the international administrative data network I am a part of!

Led by @aresherman.bsky.social we show that 75% of pay differences between immigrants and native-born workers arise because of sorting into different jobs, with 25% due to unequal pay within jobs.

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New research on #SpecialEducation Personnel Attrition with PA Dept. of Ed shows:

➡️Admins leave more than teachers
➡️Higher attrition among Black educators, urban settings, and more diverse districts
➡️Retention must be role- & context-specific

Learn more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Really glad that this paper found a great home!

This is the third paper that came out of a project that started in 2018...hard to believe that we will have (at least) one more related paper after 7 years!

Our researchers recently hosted a webinar on the challenges of identifying #SpecialEducation teachers in state longitudinal data systems (#SLDS). Scroll through some of our initial learnings from our first year analyzing data and stay tuned for a working paper with these results.

New from Jennifer Nelson, Marisol Jimenez, and me in AERA Open:

Hiring Under Constraint: How School Administrators Perceive and Respond to Centralized Screening by the District doi.org/10.1177/2332...

Open access!

Evidence-Based Education Policy Research | Live Handbook Explore evidence-based education policy research at our digital hub. Access data-driven insights to improve learning outcomes and shape effective policies.

If you love #EdResearch & #EdPolicy, you should check out the Live Handbook! livehandbook.org

This research did not grow on trees! Much of it was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, either directly or through investments in education research infrastructure (training, standards, etc.)

Grace Falken tells me that I was the very first person to register for this webinar. I hope you all join me!

🌍 Join us for the first webinar by the #SustainableED team! We'll introduce the initiative and present new research on the connections between education and climate change.

📅 Tues. 7/15 at 1 pm ET
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@matthewakraft.bsky.social @edsustainable.bsky.social

We have read and discussed your "labor market for teachers under different pay schemes" paper in our @caldercenter.bsky.social research meetings. It's the best.

Please join us for a webinar this Thursday about using state administrative data to study the special education teacher workforce! Hope to see you there!

Using State Longitudinal Data Systems to Study Special Education Teachers

Happening next week! Join our webinar on June 26 at 3pm ET to discuss how we define and track #SpecialEducation teachers in data systems. Register: sparccenter.org/events/regis...

Identifying who provides #specialeducation services in admin data can be challenging. Come learn from @sparccenter.bsky.social experts & our partners!

A show of support: How more districts are incentivizing teaching special education - National Council on Teacher Quality

Working to fill #SpecialEducation teacher gaps for fall? Research from our experts supports the use of incentives to help fill critical shortages. See the NCTQ report on district strategies to recruit and retain special education teachers. www.nctq.org/research-ins...

YouTube video by Wheelock College, Boston University Making the Case for Continued Federal Research, BU Wheelock Conversations with the Dean

Really enjoyed this great conversation w/my Dean @pennybishop.bsky.social & colleagues @naomicaselli.bsky.social & Leslie Dietiker about the importance of the federal role in education research!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jlw...

This will be a great paper one day

Two Weeks Away: Using State Longitudinal Data Systems to Study Special Education Teachers Webinar

2️⃣ weeks out!
#SpecialEducation teacher shortages can only be solved if we can define who is in the workforce. We’ll explore this during our upcoming webinar on June 26 at 3pm ET: sparccenter.org/events/regis...

New working paper from me and a great group of coauthors: The Effects of the Four-Day School Week on Teacher Recruitment and Retention

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Read on to see what's different about this vs. some of my prior work 🧵⬇️

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Supervisor feedback for preservice teachers often lacks next steps.

@andrew_avit, Brendan Bartanen & Andrew Kwok find that classroom management critiques are common and tied to lower scores and return rates.

📄 bit.ly/3ZCKChV