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Do Bans on Affirmative Action Hurt Minority Students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan
Cortes, Kalena E. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2010
of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change … students. Results show that both fall-to-fall freshmen retention and six-year college graduation of seconddecile minority … students decreased, respectively, by 2.4 and 3.3 percentage points. The effect of the change in admissions policy was slightly …
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Increasing the Economic Development Benefits of Higher Education in Michigan
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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The Effects of Doubling Instruction Efforts on Middle School Students' Achievement: Evidence from a Multiyear Regression-Discontinuity Design
Bartik, Timothy J.; Lachowska, Marta - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014
We use a regression-discontinuity design to study the effects of double blocking sixth-grade students in reading and … cutoffs in the test scores used to assign students to double blocking. We find large, positive, and persistent effects of …
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The Wage Effects of Schooling under Socialism and in Transition: Evidence from Romania, 1950-2000
Andren, Daniela; Earle, John S.; Sapatoru, Dana - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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Teacher Unions and Student Performance: Help or Hindrance?
Eberts, Randall W. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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The Short-Term Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes
Bartik, Timothy J.; Lachowska, Marta - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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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 in lifetime earnings.
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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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A Second Look at Enrollment Changes after the Kalamazoo Promise
Hershbein, Brad J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013
students who were induced to enter—or stay—in the district. In particular, it analyzes the origins and destinations … announcement. These dimensions are more subtle than changes in the volume of students or measures of their individual success, but …
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Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality
Ballou, Dale; Podgursky, Michael - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Ballou and Podgursky analyze the issues surrounding the debate over whether increasing salaries for teachers leads to a more qualified teaching workforce. The authors find little evidence to support the link between increased salaries and teacher quality, then address two questions: 1) What went...
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