New member, teacher evaluation, teacher quality, and new job opportunities

NNERPP WELCOMES NEW MEMBER

We are excited to welcome a new member to NNERPP! The Equity Implemented Partnership – Building and Retaining a Culturally Responsive and Racially and Linguistically Diverse Educator Workforce focuses on teachers' ability to create inclusive and equitable classroom environments and to effectively teach diverse students. Partner organizations include the University of Northern Iowa and Waterloo Community School District. Welcome to NNERPP!

UCHICAGO CONSORTIUM STUDIES TEACHER EVALUATION

In a series of three new briefs under “Teacher Evaluation in Chicago Public Schools: Analysis of the REACH Educator Evaluation and Support System, Five Years In,” Lauren Sartain and colleagues examine Chicago Public Schools' teacher evaluation system and its impact five years after it was first rolled out.

EDUCATION RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOR NEW ORLEANS EXAMINES TEACHER QUALITY

In “Do Charter Schools Keep Their Best Teachers and Improve Quality? Retention and Rewards for Teachers in New Orleans,” Nathan Barrett, Deven Carlson, Douglas N. Harris, and Jane Arnold Lincove examine the link between teacher quality and retention in New Orleans. This study was published in partnership with the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH).

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Help spread the word about these new job opportunities! Chicago Public Schools is hiring a Computer Science Data Strategist and Mathematica is hiring Human Services Research Analysts.

"When Paywall Goes AWOL: The Demand for Open-Access Education Research": Seth Gershenson, Morgan S. Polikoff, and Rui Wang examine how making journals open access impacts article downloads in those journals.

"Improving Educator Diversity Across Tennessee": In this tenth episode of The TNth Period: Education Research in Tennessee podcast, co-hosts Erin O'Hara and Laura Booker are joined by Indira Dammu and Pam Chapman to discuss how Tennessee can better recruit, retain, and support teachers of color.

"Do GPAs and ACT Scores Predict College Completion?": In this episode of the Research Minutes podcast, CPRE Knowledge Hub managing editor Keith Heumiller is joined by Elaine Allensworth to discuss recent research on the accuracy and consistency of grades and test scores in predicting college completion.

DID YOU KNOW...?

The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) Spring conference, scheduled to take place this week and to feature many sessions from NNERPP members and friends, was canceled amid the ongoing threat from the Coronavirus. Also note: If you are scheduled to attend the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference, please note that it has been shifted to a virtual meeting. If attending the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) 45th Annual Conference, please note it has also been converted to a virtual conference, and keep checking for updates here.

We hope to offer some opportunities for knowledge exchange and learning in the spirit of these conferences in the coming weeks (see Virtual Brown Bag announcement on the right!) – and hope you stay healthy and safe.

VIRTUAL BROWN BAGS
Special Edition: Open to All

Our next Virtual Brown Bag is coming up on Monday, March 30, at 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT / 12 pm PT!

Moderator and Panelists:
Joy Lesnick, The School District of Philadelphia / Philadelphia Education Research Consortium
Kristen Davidson, National Center for Research in Policy and Practice
Clare Irwin, REL Northeast and Islands
Yinmei Wan, REL Midwest
Kelli Cassaday, Michigan Department of Education

Topic:
We are bringing SREE to you! In this condensed version of a SREE panel presentation, we hear how three collaborations between research and practice support evidence-informed policy, and how they understand and define education “research” and its “use.” We hope you join us for this learning opportunity!

NNERPP aims to develop and support RPPs in education in order to improve the connection between research, policy, and practice.

NNERPP is made possible by the generous funding support of the William T. Grant Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Spencer Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, and The Wallace Foundation.

For more information about NNERPP, please visit our website: nnerpp.rice.edu