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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA

Hanushek, Eric Alan - 2011

Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...

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The Competitive Effects of Online Education

Deming, David J. - 2016

We study the impact of online degree programs on the market for U.S. higher education. Online degree programs increase the competitiveness of local education markets by providing additional options in areas that previously only had a small number of brick-and-mortar schools. We show that local...

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School Competition and Efficiency with Publicly Funded Catholic Schools

Card, David E. - 2010

competition between the systems leads to improved efficiency. Building on a simple model of school choice, we argue that … committed to a particular system. To measure the local determinants of cross-system competition we study the effects of school …. We then test whether schools that face greater cross-system competition have higher productivity, as measured by test …

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School Performance, Accountability and Waiver Reforms : Evidence from Louisiana

Dee, Thomas S. - 2017

States that received federal waivers to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act were required to implement reforms in designated "Focus Schools" that contribute to achievement gaps. In this study, we examine the performance effects of such "differentiated accountability" reforms in the state of...

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The Effects of School Reform Under Nclb Waivers : Evidence from Focus Schools in Kentucky

Bonilla, Sade - 2017

Under waivers to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the federal government required states to identify schools where targeted subgroups of students have the lowest achievement and to implement reforms in these “Focus Schools.” In this study, we examine the Focus School reforms in the state...

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Differentiated Accountability and Education Production : Evidence from Nclb Waivers

Hemelt, Steven W. - 2017

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Education granted states the opportunity to apply for waivers from the core requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). In exchange, states implemented systems of differentiated accountability in which they identified and intervened in their lowest-performing...

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School Turnarounds : Evidence from the 2009 Stimulus

Dee, Thomas S. - 2012

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) targeted substantial School Improvement Grants (SIGs) to the nation's "persistently lowest achieving" public schools (i.e., up to $2 million per school annually over 3 years) but required schools accepting these awards to implement a...

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School Admissions Reform in Chicago and England : Comparing Mechanisms by Their Vulnerability to Manipulation

Pathak, Parag A. - 2011

In Fall 2009, officials from Chicago Public Schools changed their assignment mechanism for coveted spots at selective college preparatory high schools midstream. After asking about 14,000 applicants to submit their preferences for schools under one mechanism, the district asked them re-submit...

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Test-Based Accountability and Student Achievement : An Investigation of Differential Performance on Naep and State Assessments

Jacob, Brian Aaron - 2010

This paper explores the phenomenon referred to as test score inflation, which occurs when achievement gains on quot;high-stakesquot; exams outpace improvements on quot;low-stakesquot; tests. The first part of the paper documents the extent to which student performance trends on state assessments...

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Taking the Easy Way Out : How the Ged Testing Program Induces Students to Drop Out

Heckman, James J. - 2008

The option to obtain a General Education Development (GED) certificate changes the incentives facing high school students. This paper evaluates the effect of three different GED policy innovations on high school graduation rates. A six point decrease in the GED pass rate due to an increase in...

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