“The Medium Run Effects of Florida’s Test Based Promotion Policy.” Testimony before the House Committee on Education Reform, North Carolina state legislature. February 8, 2012. “Supporting America’s Educators: The Importance of Quality Teachers and Leaders.” Testimony before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee , May 4, 2010. “School Choice in Florida.” Testimony before Florida School Board. Tallahassee, FL; November, 2003. Academic Conference Presentations “Does Attending a Charter School Reduce the Likelihood of Being Placed into Special Education? Evidence from Denver, Colorado.” American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, 2017. “The Effect of Florida’s Test-Based Promotion Policy on Student Achievement Prior to the Promotion Decision” Annual Conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, March 2017. “Does Attending a Charter School Reduce the Likelihood of Being Placed into Special Education? Evidence from Denver, Colorado.” Annual Conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, March 2017. “Determining Significant Predictors of Choosing Charters in Denver’s Universal School Enrollment Program.” Annual Conference of the American Education Research Association, April 2016. “The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida” Annual Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, November 2015. "Understanding the Gap in Special Education Enrollments in Charter and Traditional Public Schools: Evidence from Denver, Colorado." Annual Conference of the Western Economics Association International, July 2014. "Teachers' Preferences for Retirement Wealth Accumulation." Annual Conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, March 2014. "Understanding the Gap in Special Education Enrollments in Charter and Traditional Public Schools: Evidence from Denver, Colorado." Annual Conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, March 2014. "Front-Loading Teacher Compensation", Annual Conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, March 15, 2013.
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