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A multilevel decomposition of school performance using robust nonparametric frontier techniques
Thieme, Claudio; Prior, Diego; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili - In: Economics of Education Review 32 (2013) C, pp. 104-121
We propose a methodology for evaluating educational performance, from a multilevel perspective. We use partial frontier approaches to mitigate the influence of outliers and the curse of dimensionality. Our estimation considers idiosyncratic variables at the school, class, and student levels. Our...
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Potential for significant reductions in dropout rates: Analysis of an entire 3rd grade state cohort
Cratty, Dorothyjean - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 5, pp. 644-662
Nineteen percent of 1997–98 North Carolina 3rd graders were observed to drop out of high school. A series of logits predict probabilities of dropping out on determinants such as math and reading test scores, absenteeism, suspension, and retention, at the following grade levels: 3rd, 5th, 8th,...
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Conditional cash transfers and education quality in the presence of credit constraints
Del Rey, Elena; Estevan, Fernanda - In: Economics of Education Review 34 (2013) C, pp. 76-84
effects of improvements in education quality on efficiency and welfare. In our setting, some parents underinvest in their …, CCT are more effective than UCT in enhancing the efficiency of these households’ decisions. However, UCT is superior to … welfare improving, but may not be efficiency enhancing when public education quality is very low. …
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What is behind the decline in student achievement in Australia?
Ryan, Chris - In: Economics of Education Review 37 (2013) C, pp. 226-239
Australian school student achievement in reading and mathematical literacy has fallen in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) collection since 2000. This study finds that these declines were widespread in the student population, affecting both males and females. However, the...
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Does competition improve public school efficiency? A spatial analysis
Misra, Kaustav; Grimes, Paul W.; Rogers, Kevin E. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 1177-1190
efficiency, as measured by the proficiency rates on high-stakes examinations. It is anticipated that the current results will …
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Earnings benefits of Tulsa's pre-K program for different income groups
Bartik, Timothy J.; Gormley, William; Adelstein, Shirley - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 1143-1161
This paper estimates future adult earnings effects associated with a universal pre-K program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These projections help to compensate for the lack of long-term data on universal pre-K programs, while using metrics that relate test scores to social benefits. Combining test-score...
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Leadership effects: school principals and student outcomes
Coelli, Michael; Green, David A. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 1, pp. 92-109
We identify the effect of individual high school principals on graduation rates and English exam scores using an administrative data set of grade 12 students in BC Canada. Many principals were rotated across schools by districts, permitting isolation of the effect of principals from the effect...
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Long-term effects of Individual Development Accounts on postsecondary education: Follow-up evidence from a randomized experiment
Grinstein-Weiss, Michal; Sherraden, Michael; Gale, … - In: Economics of Education Review 33 (2013) C, pp. 58-68
This paper presents evidence from a randomized field experiment testing the impact of a 3-year matched savings program on educational outcomes 10 years after the start of the experiment. We examine the effect of an Individual Development Account (IDA) program on (1) educational enrollment, (2)...
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Public expenditures, educational outcomes and grade inflation: Theory and evidence from a policy intervention in the Netherlands
De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny; Solondz, Catharina - In: Economics of Education Review 40 (2014) C, pp. 152-166
This article argues that resource expansion can fail to improve actual student performance because it might cause educators to soften grading standards (i.e., induce grade inflation). Our theoretical model shows that, depending on schools’ and students’ reactions to resource changes, the...
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Federal policies, state responses, and community college outcomes: Testing an augmented Bennett hypothesis
Frederick, Allison B.; Schmidt, Stephen J.; Davis, Lewis S. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 908-917
We estimate the impact of increases in Federal student aid and higher education funding, such as the recently proposed American Graduation Initiative (AGI), on the outcomes of community colleges, including enrollments, list and average tuitions, and educational quality. We develop a reduced form...
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