Most studies find little to no effect of classroom computers on student achievement. We suggest that this null effect …

We study whether early tracking of students based on ability increases migrant-native achievement gaps. To eliminate … variation in the age of tracking as well as student achievement before and after potential tracking. Based on pooled data from …-native achievement gaps, but we find evidence for a detrimental impact for less integrated migrants …

Research on immigrants' educational disadvantages largely focuses on differences in student achievement tests … achievement tests and general intelligence. Second-generation immigrations are disproportionately affected by prevailing social …

inputs-student achievement relationship for German states. This finding is robust both to the inclusion of state fixed …

We use statewide administrative data from Florida to estimate the impact of attending public schools with different … grade configurations on student achievement through grade 10. To identify the causal effect of structural school transitions … moving from elementary to middle school in grade 6 or 7 suffer a sharp drop in student achievement in the transition year. We …

time. Although conventional OLS estimates suggest negative effects of retention on achievement, regression discontinuity … estimates indicate large positive effects on achievement and a reduced probability of retention in subsequent years. The … achievement gains from test-based retention fade out over time, however, and are statistically insignificant after six years …

We use admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of attendance at Boston's charter high schools on college … scores rightward, moving students into higher quartiles of the state SAT score distribution. Boston's charter high schools … institutions in Massachusetts. The large gains generated by Boston's charter high schools are unlikely to be generated by changes …