start age created by children's date of birth provides a natural experiment for estimation of the effect of age at school … can be derived for one cohort of students, to the 1980 Census, which contains educational attainment for the same cohort … of students. The results suggest that roughly 10 percent of students were constrained to stay in school by compulsory …

at the expense of students who are most diffiult to teach, including limited English proficiency (LEP) and special … education (SPED) students, as well as students with low baseline achievement levels. We use applicant lotteries to evaluate the … special needs students that may be underserved. The results show average achievement gains of 0.36 standard deviations in math …

special-need students, groups that charter critics have argued are typically under-served. The results show overall gains of 0 ….35 standard deviations in math and 0.12 standard deviations in reading for each year spent at KIPP Lynn. LEP students, special … education students, and those with low baseline scores benefit more from time spent at KIPP than do other students, with reading …

tried to integrate schools. Today, district-wide choice allows Boston and New York students to enroll far from home, perhaps …

paper, we estimate the effect of in-service teacher training on children's reading and mathematics achievement in Jerusalem …

The effect of class size on student achievement has long been of concern to educators, parents, and scholars. In … gains from small classes are largest for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Besides being of metho- dological interest …

rule that uses data on students' birthdays to compute statutory enrollment in the absence of enrollment manipulation also …