Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 10
Cover Image
Validating Teacher Effect Estimates Using Changes in Teacher Assignments in Los Angeles
Bacher-Hicks, Andrew - 2014
In a widely cited study, Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff (2014a; hereafter CFR) evaluate the degree of bias in teacher value-added estimates using a novel "teacher switching" research design with data from New York City. They conclude that there is little to no bias in their estimates. Using the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458008
Cover Image
What Does Certification Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness? Evidence from New York City
Kane, Thomas J. - 2006
We use six years of data on student test performance to evaluate the effectiveness of certified, uncertified, and alternatively certified teachers in the New York City public schools. On average, the certification status of a teacher has at most small impacts on student test performance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466539
Cover Image
The Long-Term Effects of Universal Preschool in Boston
Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533305
Cover Image
School District Reform in Newark : Within- and Between-School Changes in Achievement Growth
Chin, Mark J. - 2017
Priscilla Chan. Using data from 2009 through 2016, we evaluate the change in Newark students' achievement growth relative to … similar students and schools elsewhere in New Jersey. We measure achievement growth using a "value-added" model, controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453792
Cover Image
School Choice, School Quality and Postsecondary Attainment
Deming, David J. - 2011
We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college attainment among lottery winners who attend their first choice school. Using rich administrative data on peers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461220
Cover Image
Still Worth the Trip? School Busing Effects in Boston and New York
Angrist, Joshua D.; Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Idoux, Clemence M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
tried to integrate schools. Today, district-wide choice allows Boston and New York students to enroll far from home, perhaps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334525
Cover Image
The Long-Term Distributional Impacts of a Full-Year Interleaving Math Program in Nigeria
Haar, Lotte van der; Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Kremer, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014436984
Cover Image
Still worth the trip? : school busing effects in Boston and New York
Angrist, Joshua D.; Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Idoux, Clemence M. - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013465408
Cover Image
Have Income-Based Achievement Gaps Widened or Narrowed?
Hashim, Shirin A. - 2020
Population survey to impute income for dependent children by race, mother's education, urbanicity and state and then calculated …Since 1990, U.S. policymakers have worked to close gaps in academic achievement by income and race (e.g. with school … finance reform and school accountability systems) even as rising income inequality and income-based residential segregation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481262
Cover Image
Information and Employee Evaluation : Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Public Schools
Rockoff, Jonah E. - 2010
which school principals were provided with estimates of the performance of individual teachers in raising their students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462415