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Introducing CogX : A New Preschool Education Program Combining Parent and Child Interventions

Fryer, Roland G, Jr - 2020

We present the results of a novel early childhood intervention in which disadvantaged 3-4-year- old children were … evaluated a shortened summer version of the program (2 months) in which children were treated immediately prior to the start of …

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Charter Schools and Labor Market Outcomes

Dobbie, Will S. - 2016

We estimate the impact of charter schools on early-life labor market outcomes using administrative data from Texas. We find that, at the mean, charter schools have no impact on test scores and a negative impact on earnings. No Excuses charter schools increase test scores and four-year college...

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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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Measuring Test Measurement Error : A General Approach

Boyd, Donald - 2012

one or more cohorts of students take three or more tests in the subject of interest (e.g., state assessments in three …

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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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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 …

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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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The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and its Implications for Student Achievement in High-Poverty Schools

Boyd, Donald - 2008

teachers resulted in average improved achievement for students in the poorest decile of schools of .03 standard deviations …

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Who Leaves? Teacher Attrition and Student Achievement

Boyd, Donald - 2008

, while less effective transfers stay in lower-performing schools, likely exacerbating the differences across students in the …

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