Talented students compete fiercely for seats at Boston and New York exam schools. These schools are characterized by … students do very well in school, the question of whether an exam school education adds value relative to a regular public … most students' achievement. We use two-stage least squares to convert reduced form estimates of the effects of exam school …

non-charter levels (that is, the average achievement level for urban non-charter students), and beyond non …

special-need students, groups that charter critics have argued are typically under-served. The results show overall gains of 0 ….35 standard deviations in math and 0.12 standard deviations in reading for each year spent at KIPP Lynn. LEP students, special … education students, and those with low baseline scores benefit more from time spent at KIPP than do other students, with reading …

tried to integrate schools. Today, district-wide choice allows Boston and New York students to enroll far from home, perhaps …

paper, we estimate the effect of in-service teacher training on children's reading and mathematics achievement in Jerusalem …

or both types of information for parents. Parents interested in boosting their children's college attainment benefit more …