track students. However, there are concerns that the most frequently used college placement exams lack validity and … reliability, and unnecessarily place students from under-represented groups into remedial courses. While recent research has shown … that tracking can have positive effects on student learning, inaccurate placement has consequences: students face …

track students. However, there are concerns that the most frequently used college placement exams lack validity and … reliability, and unnecessarily place students from under-represented groups into remedial courses. While recent research has shown … that tracking can have positive effects on student learning, inaccurate placement has consequences: students face …

This paper studies the impact of a lottery-based desegregation program that allows minority students to transfer to … seven school districts serving higher-income, predominantly-white families. While prior research has studied the impacts of … such a program receiving students, this paper studies the effects on participating students. In the short run, students who …