We conduct a study under 2,400 third grade students at three large secondary comprehensive schools to evaluate a gifted … tracks at different schools) to get difference-in-differences (DD) estimates for all students above the admission cutoff …. Second, we use the GT admission rule to get regression discontinuity (RD) estimates for students near the admission cutoff …

single-sex versus mixed classrooms on students’ achievement. Despite the vast yet inconclusive literature on single …-majority countries where single-sex education is prevalent. Empirical findings show that when students’ characteristics and educational …-medium-ability male students performing significantly better in all-male classrooms. …

matching to simulate a random assignment of students to teachers and estimate causal treatment effects. The evidence suggests … raising students' learning in reading or math than their peers at schools. Nonetheless, poorer children who were assigned to … status, seem to have had positive significant effects in reading, particularly for students living in poverty. This finding …

Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of how school curricula affect students in … the US does not only affect related knowledge of students and adulthood attitudes, but also translates into high …

students in Michigan for the main analyses, and complement this with analyses from a state-year panel. The study employs … that ACT science scores improved by 0.2 points (or roughly 0.04 standard deviations) as a result of the MMC. Students who … impact on high school graduation for students who entered high school with the weakest academic preparation, but other …