third, or intensive margin,' combines the increasing self-segregation (on the basis of aptitude) of students among colleges …

reductions in class size from a base of 15 to 30 students have no effect on student achievement. The estimates are precise enough … the presence of black students in a class, in an of itself, has no effect on achievement. I demonstrate that estimates of …

Students receive abundant information about their educational performance, but how this information affects future …-mandated standardized tests. On these tests, students receive a score and a label that summarizes their performance. Using a regression …-discontinuity design, we find persistent effects of earning a more positive label on the college-going decisions of urban, low-income …

implementation of SEP increased student scores, especially in schools serving high concentrations of low-income students. Migration … of low-income students from public schools to private voucher schools played a small role …1.On average, student test scores increased markedly and income-based gaps in those scores declined by one-third in the …

students respond to their menus' like rational human capital investors. Whether they make the investments efficiently is … aptitude students respond to aid in a way that apparently reduces their lifetime present value. While both a lack of … sophistication/information and credit constraints can explain the behavior of this 30 percent of students, the weight of the evidence …