We investigate the effects of public school open enrolment, which allows students to enroll in any public school with … whose catchment school is locally top-ranked according to test scores, greater choice is of no direct benefit; however …, students whose catchment school is locally lowest-ranked earn higher scores when they have access to better local schools …

The school resources – educational outcomes debate has focused almost exclusively on spending levels. We extend this by … especially important in primary- and middle-school years. Spending on school leadership – primarily principals – is also linked …

for the efficient provision of goods and services in a market economy. This paper explores the implications of school … measure of ability dispersion in a school, leading to lower skill acquisition. …

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students' probability to enroll at university … one German state increased the degree of difficulty to graduate from high school by increasing the mandatory instruction …

which demand is weak. This paper reports estimates of the effects of charter school attendance on middle-schoolers in … exclusion restriction in such comparisons. Estimates for a large sample of takeover schools in the New Orleans Recovery School … for a middle school, grandfathered students see achievement gains at least as large as the gains for students assigned …

scores, a finding revealed in a natural experiment that randomly assigns school monitors. IV estimates also show that small …

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high … school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection … states, we identify the reform effect on students' probability to graduate from high school. The results show that high …

scores in the explanation of children's outcomes in the transition from elementary to secondary school in terms of initial … twice as important as the elementary school cognitive test scores for initial track placement in secondary school. In …

involved substantial investment in school infrastructure – on schooling outcomes and, in particular, on the equality of these …