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Most studies find little to no effect of classroom computers on student achievement. We suggest that this null effect may combine positive effects of computer uses without equivalently effective alternative traditional teaching practices and negative effects of uses that substitute more...
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Early retirement incentives (ERIs) are increasingly prevalent in education as districts seek to close budget gaps by replacing expensive experienced teachers with lower-cost newer teachers. Combined with the aging of the teacher workforce, these ERIs are likely to change the composition of...
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International differences in teacher quality are commonly hypothesized to be a key determinant of the large international student performance gaps, but lack of consistent quality measures has precluded testing this. Using unique assessment data, we construct country-level measures of teacher...
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preschool classes leads to significantly higher school readiness. Attending classes at JU increases school readiness by …
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We investigate whether the academic performance of non-eligible students - in an institutional setting of full inclusion - are affected by special education resources. Special education resources are per definition provided in a compensatory manner, and are increasingly being targeted to...
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In this paper, we study how high school students reacted to the shocking news of a school shooting. The shooting … coincided with national high-school matriculation exams. As there were exams both before and after the shooting, we can use a … difference-in-differences analysis to uncover how the school shooting affected the test scores compared to previous years. We …
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school districts, which serve higher-income, predominantly-white families, accept a group of minority elementary school … students who apply to transfer from a nearby, predominantly-minority school district. Slots are allocated via lottery. The …
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A growing number of American states require that students who do not demonstrate basic reading proficiency at the end of third grade be retained and provided with remedial services. We exploit a discontinuity in the probability of third grade retention under Florida's test-based promotion policy...
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more likely to enroll in ‘Gymnasium’, the most academic secondary school track, and that (ii) primary school teachers give … results imply that controlling for social skills would significantly reduce estimates of the height-school premium. With … respect to education policy, our findings suggest that early school tracking might increase disadvantages for students with …
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technology that is increasingly ubiquitous: school-to-parent communication technologies. Using data from a Learning Management …
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