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Charter schools and the segregation of students by income
Dalane, Kari; Marcotte, Dave E. - 2021
The segregation of students by socioeconomic status has been on the rise in American public education between schools during the past several decades. Recent work has demonstrated that segregation is also increasing within schools at the classroom level. In this paper, we contribute to our...
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Competitive effects of charter schools
Figlio, David N.; Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Karbownik, … - 2024
identification strategies, we explore how increase in access to charter schools in twelve districts in Florida affects students …
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The impact of alternative grade configurations on student outcomes through middle and high school
Schwerdt, Guido; West, Martin R. - 2011
We use statewide administrative data from Florida to estimate the impact of attending public schools with different …
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The effects of test-based retention on student outcomes over time : regression discontinuity evidence from Florida
Schwerdt, Guido; West, Martin R. - 2013
grade retention under Florida's test-based promotion policy to study the causal effect of retention on student outcomes over …
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Long-term orientation and educational performance
Figlio, David N.; Giuliano, Paola; Özek, Umut; … - 2016
We use remarkable population-level administrative education and birth records from Florida to study the role of Long …
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The family origin of the math gender gap is a White affluent phenomenon
Dossi, Gaia; Figlio, David N.; Giuliano, Paola; … - 2020
mathematics and that these norms could be transmitted within the family. Using data from the Florida Department of Education …
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Modeling the signaling value of the GED with an application to an exogenous passing standard increase in Texas
Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor); Tyler, John H. (contributor) - 2007
which affected GED test takers in Texas. We utilize unique data from the Texas Schools Micro Data Panel (TSMP) which contain … demographic and GED test score information from the Texas Education Agency linked to pre- and post-test taking Unemployment … Insurance quarterly wage records from the Texas Workforce Commission. Comparing Texas dropouts who acquired a GED before the …
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Impact of bilingual education programs on limited English proficient students and their peers : regression discontinuity evidence from Texas
Chin, Aimee; Daysal, N. Meltem; Imberman, Scott A. - 2012
Texas requires a school district to offer bilingual education when its enrollment of limited English proficient (LEP …
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Efficacy vs. equity : what happens when states tinker with college admissions in a race-blind era?
Black, Sandra E.; Cortes, Kalena E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold - 2014
-year graduation. Importantly, we take advantage of a unique institutional feature of the Texas higher education system to control for …
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COVID-19, race, and gender
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2021
The mounting evidence on the demographics of COVID-19 fatalities points to an overrepresentation of minorities and an underrepresentation of women. Using individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County Medical Examiner, we jointly investigate the...
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