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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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teachers resulted in average improved achievement for students in the poorest decile of schools of .03 standard deviations …
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, while less effective transfers stay in lower-performing schools, likely exacerbating the differences across students in the …
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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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students' scores on a language skills test administered after 16 months. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out …
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to work in schools with higher achieving students from more advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Principals often use … schools with many poor or low-achieving students as stepping stones to what they view as more desirable assignments. We use …
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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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discontinuity design. Ten years later, primary school-age children in villages selected for the program attend school more often and … children exposed earlier in the program. Secondary-school-age youths and young adults (those old enough to have finished …
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