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Effective Schools: Teacher Hiring, Assignment, Development, and Retention
Loeb, Susanna; Kalogrides, Demetra; Béteille, Tara - In: Education Finance and Policy 7 (2012) July, pp. 269-304
The literature on effective schools emphasizes the importance of a quality teaching force in improving educational …, we find that more effective schools are able to attract and hire more effective teachers from other schools when … vacancies arise. Second, more effective schools assign novice teachers to students in a more equitable fashion. Third, teachers …
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Who Comes Back? A Longitudinal Analysis of the Reentry Behavior of Exiting Teachers
Grissom, Jason A.; Reininger, Michelle - In: Education Finance and Policy 7 (2012) September, pp. 425-454
While a large literature examines the factors that lead teachers to leave teaching, few studies have examined what factors affect teachers’ decisions to reenter the profession. Drawing on research on the role of family characteristics in predicting teacher work behavior, we examine predictors...
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Which Teachers Choose a Defined Contribution Pension Plan? Evidence from the Florida Retirement System
Chingos, Matthew M.; West, Martin R. - In: Education Finance and Policy 10 (2015) 2, pp. 193-222
plan was higher among teachers with advanced degrees, math and science teachers, and teachers in charter schools. It was …
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Do Study Abroad Programs Enhance the Employability of Graduates?
Pietro, Giorgio Di - In: Education Finance and Policy 10 (2015) 2, pp. 223-243
Using data on a large sample of recent Italian graduates, this paper investigates the extent to which participation in study abroad programs during university studies impacts subsequent employment likelihood. To address the problem of endogeneity related to participation in study abroad...
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Messengers of Bad News or Bad Apples? Student Debt and College Accountability
Darolia, Rajeev - In: Education Finance and Policy 10 (2015) 2, pp. 277-299
, raising questions about institutions’ power to influence this behavior. Many of the schools at risk of not meeting student …
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A Smart Break? College Tenure Interruption and Graduating Student Outcomes
Routon, P. Wesley; Walker, Jay K. - In: Education Finance and Policy 10 (2015) 2, pp. 244-276
Using data from a longitudinal survey of college students from over 400 institutions, we examine the impacts of occupational internship programs and voluntary academic leave on returning academic achievement, post-college ambitions, and general facets of the college experience. Previous...
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Does Greater Autonomy Improve School Performance? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Analysis in Chicago
Steinberg, Matthew P. - In: Education Finance and Policy 9 (2014) 1, pp. 1-35
-charter) school principals. In 2005–06, Chicago Public Schools initiated the Autonomous Management and Performance Schools program …
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The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce from 1990 through 2010: Changing Dynamics and Persistent Concerns
Bassok, Daphna; Fitzpatrick, Maria; Loeb, Susanna; … - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 4, pp. 581-601
Historically, the early childhood care and education (ECCE) workforce has been characterized as a low-education, low-compensation, low-stability workforce. In recent years, considerable investments have been made to correct this, but we lack evidence about the extent to which these investments...
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Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? A Benefit/Cost Analysis of the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program
Wolf, Patrick J.; McShane, Michael - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) January, pp. 74-99
schools in Washington, DC. An official experimental evaluation of the program, sponsored by the federal government's Institute …
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Test Scaling and Value-Added Measurement
Ballou, Dale - In: Education Finance and Policy 4 (2009) October, pp. 351-383
Conventional value-added assessment requires that achievement be reported on an interval scale. While many metrics do not have this property, application of item response theory (IRT) is said to produce interval scales. However, it is difficult to confirm that the requisite conditions are met....
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