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The (Surprising) Efficacy of Academic and Behavioral Intervention with Disadvantaged Youth: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Chicago
Cook, Philip J; Fryer, Roland; Guryan, Jonathan; Dodge, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
policymakers should instead focus either on vocationally oriented instruction for teens or else on early childhood education. Yet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951003
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Information and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Cellular Phone Experiment
Fryer, Roland - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
' reported beliefs about the relationship between education and outcomes were influenced by treatment, and treatment students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951364
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Understanding the Black-White Test Score Gap in the First Two Years of School
Fryer, Roland; Levitt, Steven - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002
In previous research, a substantial gap in test scores between White and Black students persists, even after controlling for a wide range of observable characteristics. Using a newly available data set (Early Childhood Longitudinal Study), we demonstrate that in stark contrast to earlier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005085351
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Exam High Schools and Academic Achievement: Evidence from New York City
Fryer, Roland; Dobbie, Will - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Publicly funded exam schools educate many of the world's most talented students. These schools typically contain higher achieving peers, more rigorous instruction, and additional resources compared to regular public schools. This paper uses a sharp discontinuity in the admissions process at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220644
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Getting Beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City
Fryer, Roland; Dobbie, Will - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
of education. We conclude by showing that our index provides similar results in a separate sample of charter schools. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372453
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Multitasking, Learning, and Incentives: A Cautionary Tale
Fryer, Roland; Holden, Richard - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We develop a multi-period, multi-task principal-agent model in which neither the principal nor the agent knows the mapping from actions to outputs. The agent can learn about the production function over time by exerting effort and observing output. The model has a stark prediction: incentives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009397144
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An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Gap in Mathematics
Fryer, Roland; Levitt, Steven - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We document and analyze the emergence of a substantial gender gap in mathematics in the early years of schooling using … score gap that appears over these same ages. We document the presence of this gender math gap across every strata of society …, we find that earlier results linking the gender gap in math to measures of gender equality are sensitive to the inclusion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008628335
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Financial Incentives and Student Achievement: Evidence from Randomized Trials
Fryer, Roland - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
incentives tied to output are not effective. Relative to popular education reforms of the past few decades, student incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008628349
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Are High Quality Schools Enough to Close the Achievement Gap? Evidence from a Social Experiment in Harlem
Fryer, Roland; Dobbie, Will - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ), which combines community investments with reform minded charter schools, is one of the most ambitious social experiments to alleviate poverty of our time. We provide the first empirical test of the causal impact of HCZ on educational outcomes, with an eye toward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008635926
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Testing for Racial Differences in the Mental Ability of Young Children
Fryer, Roland; Levitt, Steven - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
On tests of intelligence, Blacks systematically score worse than Whites, whereas Asians frequently outperform Whites. Some have argued that genetic differences across races account for the gap. Using a newly available nationally representative data set that includes a test of mental function for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829528