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Effects of the Pre-K Program of Kalamazoo County Ready 4s on Kindergarten Entry Test Scores: Estimates Based on Data from the Fall of 2011 and the Fall of 2012

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013

This paper uses a regression discontinuity model to examine the effects on kindergarten entrance assessments of the Kalamazoo County Ready 4s (KC Ready 4s) program, a half-day pre-K program for four-year-olds in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The results are based on test scores and other...

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Net Impact Estimates of the Workforce Development System in Washington State

Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2003

Adult Basic Skills Education and JTPA Title II-A programs. The other two programs serve youth: JTPA Title II-C programs and … Secondary Career Technical Education. The net impact analyses were conducted using a nonexperimental methodology. Individuals … exited from the education or training programs (or from the employment service) in the fiscal year 1999/2000 and longer …

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Impact of Charter School Attendance on Student Achievement in Michigan

Eberts, Randall W.; Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

districts and made available on the Michigan Department of Education's (MDE's) website. Five years of MEAP scores from 1996 …

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Intergovernmental (Dis)incentives, Free-Riding, Teacher Salaries and Teacher Pensions

Fitzpatrick, Maria D. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014

In this paper, I document evidence that intergovernmental incentives inherent in public sector defined benefit pension systems distort the amount and timing of income for public school teachers. This intergovernmental incentive stems from the fact that, in many states, local school districts are...

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Increasing the Economic Development Benefits of Higher Education in Michigan

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2004

This paper considers how a state such as Michigan can increase the economic development benefits of higher education …. Research evidence suggests that higher education increases local economic development principally by increasing the quality of … education can be increased by: 1) competent management of conventional economic development programs that focus on business …

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From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Bartik provides evidence showing that investment in quality preschool education provides economic payoffs, particularly …

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By a Thread: How Child Care Centers Hold On to Teachers, How Teachers Build Lasting Careers

Whitebook, Marcy; Sakai, Laura - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Whitebook and Sakai examine how child care programs and their staff subsist in a field characterized by low pay, low status, and high turnover and what the impacts of these factors are on the quality of child care provided.

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How Policymakers Should Deal with the Delayed Benefits of Early Childhood Programs

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

This chapter is a draft of Chapter 7 of a planned book, Preschool and Jobs: Human Development as Economic Development, and Vice Versa. This book analyzes early childhood programs’ effects on regional economic development. Four early childhood programs are considered: 1) universally accessible...

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Distributional Effects of Early Childhood Programs and Business Incentives and Their Implications for Policy

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

This paper is a draft of Chapter 8 of a planned book, Preschool and Jobs: Human Development as Economic Development, and Vice Versa. This book analyzes early childhood programs’ effects on regional economic development. Four early childhood programs are considered: 1) universally accessible...

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Improving the Implementation and Effectiveness of Out-of-School-Time Tutoring

Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Burch, Patricia; Good, Annalee; … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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