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-ability college students. The Longhorn Opportunity Scholars (LOS) and Century Scholars (CS) programs recruited at specified low-income … combined with adequate supports and financial aid can substantially increase enrollment of low-income students in higher …We study two interventions in Texas that were designed to overcome multiple hurdles faced by low-income, high …
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Uniform use in public schools is rising, but we know little about how they affect students. Using a unique dataset from …
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We use admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of large-scale public preschool in Boston on college-going, college preparation, standardized test scores, and behavioral outcomes. Preschool enrollment boosts college attendance, as well as SAT test-taking and high school graduation. Preschool...
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tried to integrate schools. Today, district-wide choice allows Boston and New York students to enroll far from home, perhaps …
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This study reports the findings from a year-long randomized evaluation assessing the impact of assigning 62 classrooms in Nigeria to receive either blocked or interleaved math problem sets. Blocked practice sessions focused on a single skill at a time. Interleaved problem sets alternated between...
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combination of state summative and higher frequency benchmark assessments for middle school students in Michigan. Comparing pre … disadvantaged students, as well as students in districts that were at least partially remote in 2021-22. Benchmark assessment …
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The success of many students with disabilities (SWDs) depends on access to high-quality general education teachers. Yet … students with and without disabilities. We create two VAM measures: one focusing on teachers' effectiveness in improving … identifying which teachers have a history of effectiveness with SWDs and could play a role in ensuring that students are being …
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economically disadvantaged students saw larger decreases in classifications. While rates returned to trend in 2021-22, there was … little "catch up" beyond that to make up for these delays, suggesting that as of that year many students had not yet gained …
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