Office for Education Policy Presentations

OEP Conferences


Preparing Highly Qualified Teachers for Arkansas 4/28/2009 Presented in Little Rock with proceedings from the annual OEP conference and keynote address by Senator Joyce Elliot Topic: Teacher Quality
Adequacy Achieved...Now What? 4/22/2008 Presented in Little Rock with proceedings from the annual OEP conference and keynote address by Senator Jim Argue Topic: Adequacy
Presentations


Discussion of Issues Pertaining to Teacher Performance Pay 01/23/2009 Testimony to the Joint Education Committee in Little Rock Topic: Reforms in Teacher Pay
2008 Report Card 10/14/2008 Testimony to the House and Senate Education Committee in Little Rock Topic: Report on Arkansas Schools
Can Merit Pay Work: Lessons from Little Rock 2/22/2008 Invited presentation before the Arkansas Political Science Association 2008 Conference, Fayetteville, AR Topic: Merit Pay
Making Evidence Matter 9/2/2007 Presented before the members of the Arkansas General Assembly, Fayetteville, AR Topic: Education Reforms
Implementing Merit Pay, Overcoming the Obstacles: Lessons from the Field 8/21/2007 Testimony to the Oklahoma State Legislature, House Hearings on Teacher Incentives Topic: Merit Pay
Implementing Merit Pay, Overcoming the Obstacles: Lessons from the Achievement Challenge Pilot Project 7/24/2007 Invited presentation before the New York State Association of Management Advocates for School Labor Affairs 30th Annual Summer Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY Topic: Merit Pay
“Smart Money”: The Links between Education and Economic Development 7/14/2007 Invited presentation before the Arkansas Leadership Institute, Fayetteville, AR Topic: Education Policy
Testimony by Gary Ritter, carried on CSPAN 5/11/2007 Testimony to the U.S. House Education and Labor Subcommittee Hearing, "ESEA Reauhtorization: Boosting Quality in the Teaching Profession" Topic: Teacher Quality
How Much Value is Added? An Evaluation Plan for the Achievement Challenge Pilot Project 1/24/2007 Presented before the Little Rock School Board, Little Rock, AR Topic: Merit Pay
Expenditure Analysis for Arkansas Adequacy Study, Overview of Findings 1/16/2007 Testimony to the Arkansas General Assembly, Little Rock, AR Topic: Expenditures
Analysis of Expenditure Changes post-Act 59, Initial Findings 3/21/2006 Testimony to the Arkansas General Assembly, Little Rock, AR Topic: Act 59
Hot Topics in AR Education Reform 9/1/2005 Presented before the Research in Progress Seminar, Fayetteville, AR Topic: Education Reforms
Introducing the Office for Education Policy 8/24/2005 Presented before the UA College of Education, Fayetteville, AR Topic: Education Policy
School Reform and School Funding in Arkansas 5/1/2005 Presented before the Research in Progress Seminar, Fayetteville, AR Topic: Education Reforms
Weighing the Evidence 3/5/2005 Presented before the American Education Finance Association, Louisville, KY Topic: Accountability
The Landscape of Arkansas' K-12 Education System 1/13/2005 Presented before the Koret Task Force, Fayetteville, AR Topic: Education Reforms
Implementing Merit Pay, Overcoming the Obstacles: Lessons from the Field 1/24/2007 Presented before the Florida State Senate Education Committee, Tallahassee, FL Topic: Merit Pay