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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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Explaining urban–rural differences in educational achievement in Thailand: Evidence from PISA literacy data

Lounkaew, Kiatanantha - In: Economics of Education Review 37 (2013) C, pp. 213-225

Using the Thai PISA 2009 literacy test, this paper offers two contributions to the literature on the achievement gap …

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Peer effects and measurement error: The impact of sampling variation in school survey data (evidence from PISA)

Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; Silva, Pedro N. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 1136-1142

Student Assessment (PISA) linked to administrative microdata recording information for each PISA sample member's entire year … just the PISA sample. We also use a Monte Carlo experiment to show how the extent of the attenuation bias rises as peer … peers of the size implied by the PISA survey design. …

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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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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

We investigate the relative merits of unconditional cash transfers (UCT), conditional cash transfers (CCT), and the effects of improvements in education quality on efficiency and welfare. In our setting, some parents underinvest in their children's education because capital market imperfections...

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Teacher pay and teacher aptitude

Leigh, Andrew - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 3, pp. 41-53

Can changes in teacher pay encourage more able individuals to enter the teaching profession? So far, studies of the impact of pay on the aptitude distribution of teachers have provided mixed evidence on the extent to which altering teacher salaries represents a feasible solution to the teacher...

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Using longitudinal data to evaluate publicly provided formal education for low skilled

Stenberg, Anders - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1262-1280

Modern societies would potentially reap large benefits from upgrading low skilled's education. However, this is difficult to put into practice because employers are reluctant to train low skilled and because low skilled are unwilling to participate. To circumvent this potential market...

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