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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 … graduation. This effect is mainly driven by the impact that study abroad programs have on the employment prospects of graduates … graduates from advantaged backgrounds. © 2015 Association for Education Finance and Policy …
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Funding Adjusted Poverty Measures and the Distribution of Title I Aid: Does Title I Really Make the Rich States Richer?
Baker, Bruce D.; Taylor, Lori; Levin, Jesse; Chambers, Jay - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 3, pp. 394-417
Federal and state governments in the United States make extensive use of student poverty rates in compensatory aid programs like Title I. Unfortunately, the measures of student poverty that drive funding allocations under such programs are biased because they fail to reflect geographic...
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Undocumented College Students in the United States: In-State Tuition Not Enough to Ensure Four-Year Degree Completion
Conger, Dylan; Chellman, Colin C. - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 3, pp. 364-377
undocumented students are eligible for in-state tuition—we review the literature on undocumented college students in the United … States and provide a comparison of the performance of undocumented students to that of U.S. citizens and other legal migrants …. Overall, undocumented students perform well in the short-term, earning higher grades and higher rates of course and associate …
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The Role of Politics and Governance in Educational Accountability Systems
Brewer, Dominic J.; Killeen, Kieran M.; Welsh, Richard O. - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 3, pp. 378-393
This brief utilizes case study methodology to illustrate the role of governance in educational accountability systems. Most research on the effectiveness of such systems has focused on technical components, such as standards-setting, assessments, rewards and sanctions, and data collection and...
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Value Added and Its Uses: Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit
Corcoran, Sean; Goldhaber, Dan - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 3, pp. 418-434
In this policy brief we argue that there is little debate about the statistical properties of value-added model (VAM) estimates of teacher performance, yet, despite this, there is little consensus about what the evidence about VAMs implies for their practical utility as part of high-stakes...
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Multi-Track Year-Round Schooling as Cost Saving Reform: Not Just a Matter of Time
Graves, Jennifer; McMullen, Steven; Rouse, Kathryn - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 3, pp. 300-315
the calendar year. This change allows schools to support a larger student population by rotating which students are on …
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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
Since 2002, public school teachers in Florida have been permitted to choose between a defined benefit (DB) and a defined contribution (DC) retirement plan. We exploit this unique policy environment to study new teachers’ revealed preferences over pension plan structures. Roughly 30...
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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
-profit sector, increasingly accountable for the student loan repayment behavior of their students. Such efforts endeavor to protect … taxpayers against the misuse of public money used to encourage college enrollment and to safeguard students against potentially … loan default measures also disproportionately enroll low-income, nontraditional, and financially independent students …
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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 …
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Where You Come From or Where You Go? Distinguishing Between School Quality and the Effectiveness of Teacher Preparation Program Graduates
Mihaly, Kata; McCaffrey, Daniel; Sass, Tim R.; … - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 4, pp. 459-493
We consider the challenges and implications of controlling for school contextual bias when modeling teacher preparation program effects. Because teachers are not randomly distributed across schools, failing to account for contextual factors in achievement models could bias preparation program...
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