, grades, and persistence. I estimate that two thirds of the plan's 9.1 point impact on top-decile students' probability of … attending a flagship university was due to information rather than mechanical effects. Students induced to enroll are more … likely to come from low- income high schools, and academically outperform the students that they displace. These effects …

socio-economic and academic skill composition of schools. We exploit the quasi-random reassignment of students across …, increasing the achievement levels of students' peers improves students' math and ELA test scores but harms their ELA course … grades. Test score benefits accrue primarily to students from higher-income families, though students with lower family …

School systems around the world use achievement tests to assign students to schools, classes, and instructional … students who score below a proficiency cutoff into remedial classes. Students scoring below the cutoff receive more educational … significantly larger and more likely to persist beyond the year of remediation for Black students …

designed to help math teachers diagnose students' areas of need and to design lesson plans responsive to those needs. Before … year for students in the program schools. Supplementary event study and synthetic control analyses to detect year …

Schools often track students to classes based on ability. Proponents of tracking argue it is a low-cost tool to improve … learning since instruction is more effective when students are more homogeneous, while opponents argue it exacerbates initial … student ability, and schools operationalize tracking through the classification of students into categories such as gifted and …

Affirmative action in higher education can lead to mismatch, where students admitted through preferential treatment … struggle academically due to inadequate preparation before college. Although some students may face initial challenges, by … disadvantages, these programs may enable students to bridge the gap and catch up to their peers. In this study, we examine the …

informal mentoring relationships between students and teachers, counselors, and coaches. Using longitudinal data from a … in college attendance. Effects are largest for students of lower socioeconomic status and robust to controls for … students have a strong sense of belonging are important school-level predictors of having a K-12 natural mentor …

We explore the extent to which schools manipulate the composition of students in the test-taking pool in order to …

2000s, we show that the Sponsor-led takeover leads to substantial changes in the teaching body and the school personnel …