Matthew A. Kraft

Bush-Obama School Reform: Lessons Learned

A Presentation at the American Enterprise Institute
What Will Teacher Raises Buy Students?

by Matthew Kraft, The New York Times
Matthew Kraft at Character Lab's Educator Summit

A Discussion About Teacher Effectiveness and the Workplace Environment
Coaching as a Professional Development Strategy

A Conversation with Jonathan Supovitz of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education

MatthewAKraft @dynarski Move over six degrees of Kevin Bacon! How far are academics from Jacob Cohen?! Sue is in the lead.
6 days 8 hours ago.
DaveEvansPhD I had to re-write the introduction to a paper, so I diagrammed the introductions of a bunch of development papers in top economics journals. This is what I learned: "How to Write the Introduction of Your Development Economics Paper." t.co/ROkh7iFnMf #EconTwitter
1 week 9 hours ago.
MatthewAKraft @JohnFPane @mjinglis @DavidFunder @jsoland @matt_barnum @abrooksbowden @clconaway @Thomas_S_Dee @angeladuckw @AviFeller @CEDR_US @GuryanJonathan @SusannaLoeb @linzcpage @jepusto @Todd_Rogers_ @dylanwiliam @jhwyckoff @_AlvinChristian @abolves @IESResearch @WhatWorksED Update: Here is @IESResearch @WhatWorksED's explanation for no longer labeling effect sizes of 0.25 or greater as "substantively important". 👏 "In addition, the 'substantively important' designation was applied without regard to study context." 👏 t.co/tXiOdMcSUN t.co/rvXSxEN7YD

1 week 3 days ago.
NoraEGordon I just taught Matt's effect size paper last week (it was a huge hit w/MPPs). What struck me is how one group of researchers/policy types has *no idea* that others care about effect size in this way. But this is an inspiring development. Thank you Matt! t.co/bR0pUr6dyk
1 week 3 days ago.
MatthewAKraft @JohnFPane @mjinglis @DavidFunder @jsoland @matt_barnum @abrooksbowden @clconaway @Thomas_S_Dee @angeladuckw @AviFeller @CEDR_US @GuryanJonathan @SusannaLoeb @linzcpage @jepusto @Todd_Rogers_ @dylanwiliam @jhwyckoff @_AlvinChristian @abolves @IESResearch @WhatWorksED cc'ing @MschneiderMark
1 week 3 days ago.
MatthewAKraft @JohnFPane @mjinglis @DavidFunder @jsoland @matt_barnum @abrooksbowden @clconaway @Thomas_S_Dee @angeladuckw @AviFeller @CEDR_US @GuryanJonathan @SusannaLoeb @linzcpage @jepusto @Todd_Rogers_ @dylanwiliam @jhwyckoff @_AlvinChristian @abolves An interesting development in the world of effect sizes. The What Works Clearinghouse has walked away from its longstanding guidance to call effect sizes of 0.25 std dev "substantively important”. t.co/M2j43hXf36 Curious about the motivation @IESResearch @WhatWorksED t.co/V2236L52rq

1 week 3 days ago.
jenniferdoleac @chloergibbs @MatthewAKraft @ProbCausation @BillingsEcon You might also like this one with @emilyweisburst: t.co/GFEDHLX2l9
1 week 5 days ago.

Matthew Kraft is an Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Brown University. His research and teaching interests include the economics of education, education policy analysis, and applied quantitative methods for causal inference. His primary work focuses on efforts to improve educator and organizational effectiveness in K–12 urban public schools. He has published on topics including teacher coaching, teacher professional growth, teacher evaluation, teacher-parent communication, teacher layoffs, social and emotional skills, school working conditions, and extended learning time. Previously, he taught 8th grade English in Oakland USD and 9th grade humanities at Berkeley High School in California. He holds a doctorate in Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education as well as a master's in International Comparative Education and a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University.