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Dan Goldhaber

@cedr.bsky.social

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Who am I? I wonder sometimes and then remind myself here, http://caldercenter.org & here, http://cedr.us. Views are usually mine, & are not necessarily reflective of anything.

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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 1d

It's not a perfect analogy, but this paper on the effects of changes to grading standards helps make the case about the potential general equilibrium downsides to lowering standards: edworkingpapers.com/sites/defaul...

edworkingpapers.com

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 1d

Again, I think your narrow point (those students admitted) is that those admitted w/ low scores are better off is probably right. Unfortunately it's really hard to get good evidence on the larger general equilibrium issues that come up with changes to standards. I'll think on this one.

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 1d

There are two reasons for this. One is that admission standards create incentives for all those wishing admission. The second is that the standard (in this case for grad from UCSD) matter for the labor market.

@mattbarnum.bsky.social, would love your thoughts.

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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 1d

This is a collective action problem (similar to the one that exists for high school grad standards). The individuals may be better off if they get extra help + credential. At the same time, not having some standards is likely to make us all worse off.
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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 1d

@mattbarnum.bsky.social makes the important point that the students with low test scores admitted to UCSD probably are better off as a consequence of being there, BUT ... 👇

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More UC San Diego students need remedial math — but is that a problem?

A UCSD report said the school should reject students who struggle with math, but researchers have found that those students are likely to benefit from an elite education.

cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org

Reposted by Dan Goldhaber, Caroline Krafft, Paul Nightingale

Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 1d

I've now updated this with a few updates:

1. I've added the JFE, JF, and RFS
2. I've added QJE and (most of) JPE
3. I've fixed some bugs
4. I added a way to adjust for length of papers over time
5. I've added citation counts (per OpenAlex)

paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

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Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · 1d

Important tale from California for those who care about public policy. Fix one problem, and you can inadvertently start another. "One state made preschool free. Then dozens of child care centers closed in its largest city" hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

One state made preschool free. Then dozens of child care centers closed in its largest city

Universal preschool promised equity but benefits went to the wealthy

hechingerreport.org

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 3d

PS - Taking a little Bluesky break while I work on our paper! It's coming along.

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 3d

Or maybe more prudent: don't tell! But actually: do tell!

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 3d

Do tell!

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 3d

Big thanks to Emily Morton for pulling this all together!

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 3d

Summer school participation pretty consistently provided modest benefits to students in math (but NOT reading), see Figure 1. The math benefits of summary school in our studies were generally more consistent and larger than what we found for tutoring (Figure 2).

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 3d

This bite-sized brief summarizes a lot of research on how summer school contributes to academic achievement (COVID recovery programs), see this piece. But want something even more succinct, see 👇

CALDER Center @caldercenter.bsky.social · 5d

Summer school was a go‑to recovery strategy for districts after the pandemic—but was it effective? New brief from @nwea.bsky.social & CALDER explores the effects of summer school on student achievement & how its scale & impact compared to other interventions.

Read👉 caldercenter.org/publications...

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 3d

Big thanks to Emily Morton for pulling this all together!

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 3d

Summer school participation pretty consistently provided modest benefits to students in math (but NOT reading), see Figure 1. The math benefits of summary school in our studies were generally more consistent and larger than what we found for tutoring (Figure 2).

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 4d

Good cause and the best normal distribution I've seen!

Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · 4d

LOL, anyone can support the NCME Endowment! But I'll send you an email, Dan :-)

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 4d

This is Vintage Andrew Ho and I love it.

"NCME believes everyone should have access to normal distribution plushies. You can find instructions for printing and sewing your own plushie online."

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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · 4d

LOL, anyone can support the NCME Endowment! But I'll send you an email, Dan :-)

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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 4d

Andrew, I really do need one of these. How can I pay to get my hands on it (or several) if I'm not a NCME member?

Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 4d

We needs it (just like Gollum and the ring)!

Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · 4d

No Christmas tree is complete without an NCME normal distribution plushie! Support the new @NCME38 Endowment and increase average holiday spirit by 0.3 standard deviation units!* (Pick ups from me at Harvard are welcome for those local :-)
ncme.org/donate/the-n...
* n=1

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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 4d

How long are we going to let this go on?

Armaghan Khan, a science teacher at Cochran Middle School, said it’s difficult to ensure students are using i-Ready as it’s intended. They will use answers from artificial intelligence chatbots, he said, and although Khan has GoGuardian to monitor what students are doing on Chromebooks in real time, they get around that by creating alternative user profiles on their computers. And on days that administrators have required him to carve out time for i-Ready, because it doesn’t include his subject, that’s time taken away from science instruction, he said

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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · 4d

No Christmas tree is complete without an NCME normal distribution plushie! Support the new @NCME38 Endowment and increase average holiday spirit by 0.3 standard deviation units!* (Pick ups from me at Harvard are welcome for those local :-)
ncme.org/donate/the-n...
* n=1

Reposted by Dan Goldhaber, Gema Zamarro, Roddy Theobald

CALDER Center @caldercenter.bsky.social · 5d

Summer school was a go‑to recovery strategy for districts after the pandemic—but was it effective? New brief from @nwea.bsky.social & CALDER explores the effects of summer school on student achievement & how its scale & impact compared to other interventions.

Read👉 caldercenter.org/publications...