productivity parameter, class size is a component of school quality, households are heterogeneous in income and hence willingness … to pay for school quality, and schools are subject to a class-size cap. The model offers an explanation for two distinct … approach in settings in which parents have substantial school choice and schools are free to set prices and influence their …

Substantial uncertainty exists about the impact of school quality on the black-white achievement gap. Our results … within schools, and specific school and peer factors exert a significant effect on the growth in the achievement gap. Unequal … between grades 3 and 8. Moreover, non-random sample attrition for school changers and much higher rates of special education …

This paper combines a model of parental school choice with randomized school lotteries in order to understand the … effects of being assigned to a first-choice school on academic outcomes. We outline a simple framework in which those who … place the highest weight on academics when choosing a school benefit the most academically when admitted. Although the …

. Prompted by this finding, many states and school districts have adopted value-added measures as indicators of teacher job …

Academy (NHA) charter school. NHA is the fourth largest for-profit charter operator in the country, enrolling more than 56 …, NHA only has standard bricks-and-mortar schools. Our estimates indicate that attending a NHA charter school for one … and not statistically significant. In contrast to most prior charter school research that finds the largest benefits for …

is the New York City public school district, which uses criteria like test scores and interviews to generate applicant … applicants near cutoffs regardless of lottery risk. These methods are applied to evaluate New York City's school progress … school, including some of the highest performing in the district, generates no measurable effects. Evaluation methods that …

school in order to avoid the negative attention they receive when their students perform poorly on primary leaving exams. We … attendance rates two school years later from .56 to .60. These attendance gains were driven primarily by outcomes in treatment …