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The Good, the Bad and the Average : Evidence on the Scale and Nature of Ability Peer Effects in Schools
Lavy, Victor - 2009
ability distribution drive the impact of peer quality on students‟ achievements. To do so, we use census data for four cohorts … of pupils taking their age-14 national tests, and measure students‟ ability by their prior achievements at age-11. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463049
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The Long Run Human Capital and Economic Consequences of High-Stakes Examinations
Lavy, Victor - 2014
students, and children from higher socio-economic backgrounds. The results suggest that random disturbances during high … Israeli high school students who took a series of high stakes matriculation exams between 2000 and 2002. As a source of random …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458018
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New Evidence on Classroom Computers and Pupil Learning
Angrist, Joshua - 1999
The question of how technology affects learning has been at the center of recent debates over educational inputs. In 1994, the Israeli State Lottery sponsored the installation of computers in many elementary and middle schools. This program provides an opportunity to estimate the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471357
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Maimonides Rule Redux
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2017
rule that uses data on students' birthdays to compute statutory enrollment in the absence of enrollment manipulation also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455195