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Management and Student Achievement : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Fryer, Roland G, Jr - 2017

This study examines the impact on student achievement of implementing management training for principals in traditional public schools in Houston, Texas, using a school-level randomized field experiment. Across two years, principals were provided 300 hours of training on lesson planning,...

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Estimating the Returns to Urban Boarding Schools : Evidence from SEED

Curto, Vilsa E. - 2011

The SEED schools, which combine a "No Excuses'' charter model with a five-day-a-week boarding program, are America's only urban public boarding schools for the poor. We provide the first causal estimate of the impact of attending SEED schools on academic achievement, with the goal of...

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Information and Student Achievement : Evidence from a Cellular Phone Experiment

Fryer, Roland G, Jr - 2013

This paper describes a field experiment in Oklahoma City Public Schools in which students were provided with free … cellular phones and daily information about the link between human capital and future outcomes via text message. Students …' reported beliefs about the relationship between education and outcomes were influenced by treatment, and treatment students …

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Going to War and Going to College : Did World War II and the G.I. Bill Increase Educational Attainment for Returning Veterans?

Bound, John - 1999

widespread rhetoric about the democratization' of higher education that came with this large pool of students, there is little …

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The Importance of Segregation, Discrimination, Peer Dynamics, and Identity in Explaining Trends in the Racial Achievement Gap

Fryer, Roland G, Jr - 2010

After decades of narrowing, the achievement gap between black and white school children widened in the 1990s - a period …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462398

Financial Incentives and Student Achievement : Evidence from Randomized Trials

Fryer, Roland G, Jr - 2010

be more effective because students do not know the educational production function, and thus have little clue how to turn …

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Closing the Gap or Widening the Divide : The Effects of the G.I. Bill and World War II on the Educational Outcomes of Black Americans

Turner, Sarah E. - 2002

The effects of the G.I. Bill on collegiate attainment may have differed for black and white Americans owing to differential returns to education and differences in opportunities at colleges and universities, with men in the South facing explicitly segregated colleges. The empirical evidence...

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Vertical versus Horizontal Incentives in Education : Evidence from Randomized Trials

Fryer, Roland G, Jr - 2012

one agent (students) for various inputs in the education production function (i.e. attendance, behavior, interim … assessments, homework, and uniforms). In Houston, TX, incentives were "vertical" - provided to multiple agents (parents, teachers …, and students) for a single input (math objectives). On outcomes for which we provided direct incentives, there were large …

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Cohort Crowding : How Resources Affect Collegiate Attainment

Bound, John - 2006

Analyses of college attainment typically focus on factors affecting enrollment demand, including the financial attractiveness of a college education and the availability of financial aid, while implicitly assuming that resources available per student on the supply side of the market are...

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Understanding the Black-White Test Score Gap in the First Two Years of School

Fryer, Roland G, Jr - 2002

In previous research, a substantial gap in test scores between White and Black students persists, even after …

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