Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore … child development as a mechanism driving this effect. We study the causal effect of school starting age on a child …'s probability of developing special educational needs in early grades. We find that starting school at a relatively older age …

' to advice parents and school boards on school starting age. In the early reform period, children born close to the …We consider long-term impacts of establishing school psychology offices in Norway, which introduced 'maturity testing … normative age cut-off who reached school-starting age after the establishment were more likely to finish compulsory schooling …

all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … factors of the school system, as well as factors beyond the school system, account for cross-country achievement differences …

We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010-2011 to analyze the impact on student … achievement as measured by test scores. For each student we observe enrollment and test scores one year prior to school … consolidation and up to four years after. We find that school consolidation has adverse effects on achievement in the short run and …

-run schools, affect student achievement and school segregation across 15 countries over 16 years. Our triple …

argue that low-achieving students may be particularly affected by the lack of educator support during school closures. We … collect detailed time-use information on students before and during the school closures in a survey of 1,099 parents in …-achieving students. The reduction in learning time was not larger for children from lower-educated parents, but it was larger for boys …