or compensatory pattern of class sizes for a sample of national school systems. Sorting effects are identified by … decentralized education finance and considerable residential mobility, exhibits regressive between-school sorting. Between-school … sorting is more compensatory in systems with ability tracking. Within-school sorting is more compensatory when administrators …

School accountability systems that establish the adoption of incentives for teachers and school managers usually impact … positively students' performance. However, in many circumstances, school accountability systems may face institutional … accountable for not improving school quality. The results show that, on average, one point increase in a 0-10 scale index from …

or compensatory pattern of class sizes for a sample of national school systems. Sorting effects are identified by … decentralized education finance and considerable residential mobility, exhibits regressive between-school sorting. Between-school … sorting is more compensatory in systems with ability tracking. Within-school sorting is more compensatory when administrators …

also with school autonomy in textbook choice, hiring teachers and within-school budget allocations. School autonomy is more …

I estimate the effect of class size on scholastic achievement using that schools are only in session during the school …

Using that schools are in session during the school year and out of session during the summer, it is possible to … are lost when pupils are not in school, pupils with non-Swedish parents learn relatively more during the school year, and … learning is unrelated to pupils? parents? socioeconomic level during both the summer and the school year. …

that students moving from elementary to middle school suffer a sharp drop in student achievement in the transition year …. These achievement drops persist through grade 10. We also find that middle school entry increases student absences and is … associated with higher grade 10 dropout rates. Transitions to high school in grade nine cause a smaller one-time drop in …

clubs/teams/activities, skipping school, getting into fights, damaging property, stealing, hurting others, smoking, using … not in school as potential mediators. We find that: (1) Welfare reform had no favorable effects on any of the youth … skipping school, damaging property, and getting into fights among boys. (4) Welfare reform led to increases in smoking and drug …