provided cash payments to students in grades three through six for successful completion of their standardized testing … effects of the program on students' academic behavior. We find that math scores improved about 0.15 standard deviations but …

Each year, thousands of students graduate high school academically unprepared for college. As a result, approximately … one-third of entering postsecondary students require remedial or developmental work before entering college-level courses … and English remediation using a unique dataset of approximately 28,000 students. To account for selection biases, the …

. This paper attempts to fill this void using a unique dataset of students at public, four-year colleges in Ohio. The paper …. Because students with alternative instructors may differ systematically from other students, the paper uses two empirical … differ by discipline. Adjuncts and graduate assistants negatively affect students in the humanities while positively …

. This paper attempts to fill this void using a unique dataset of students at public, four-year colleges in Ohio. The paper …. Because students with alternative instructors may differ systematically from other students, the paper uses two empirical … differ by discipline. Adjuncts and graduate assistants negatively affect students in the humanities while positively …

Remediation is an important part of American higher education with approximately one-third of students requiring … become critical of the practice. Despite the growing debate and the thousands of under prepared students who enter college … critical issue by examining the effect of math remediation using a unique dataset of approximately 8,600 students at …

Remediation is an important part of American higher education with approximately one-third of students requiring … become critical of the practice. Despite the growing debate and the thousands of under prepared students who enter college … critical issue by examining the effect of math remediation using a unique dataset of approximately 8,600 students at …

An important goal of community colleges is to prepare students for the labor market. But are students aware of the … labor market outcomes in different majors? And how much do students weigh labor market outcomes when choosing a major? In … this study we find that less than 40% of a sample of community college students in California rank broad categories of …

An important goal of community colleges is to prepare students for the labor market. But are students aware of the … labor market outcomes in different majors? And how much do students weigh labor market outcomes when choosing a major? In … this study we find that less than 40% of a sample of community college students in California rank broad categories of …