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School accountability and school choice : effects on student selection across schools
Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Figlio, David N. - In: National tax journal 68 (2015), pp. 875-899
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Chapter 30 Publicly provided education
Hanushek, Eric A. - In: Handbook of public economics : volume 4, (pp. 2045-2141). 2002
Historically, most attention in public programs has been given to the resources devoted to the activity, and resources have been used to index both commitment and quality. Education differs from other areas of public expenditure because direct measures of outcomes are available, making it is...
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Competitive effects of charter schools
Figlio, David N.; Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Karbownik, … - 2024
Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and leveraging three alternative identification strategies, we explore how increase in access to charter schools in twelve districts in Florida affects students remaining in traditional public schools (TPS). We...
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Food for thought : the effects of school accountability plans on school nutrition
Figlio, David N.; Winicki, Joshua - In: Journal of public economics 89 (2005) 2/3, pp. 381-394
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Food for thought : the effects of school accountability plans on school nutrition
Figlio, David N.; Winicki, Joshua - 2002
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Food for Thought : The Effects of School Accountability Plans on School Nutrition
Figlio, David N.; Winicki, Joshua - 2021
School accountability systems based on high-stakes testing of students have become ubiquitous in the United States, and are now federal policy as well. This paper identifies a previously-unresearched method through which schools faced with potential sanctions may 'game the system' in order to...
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Food for Thought : The Effects of School Accountability Plans on School Nutrition
Figlio, David N. - 2002
School accountability systems based on high-stakes testing of students have become ubiquitous in the United States, and are now federal policy as well. This paper identifies a previously-unresearched method through which schools faced with potential sanctions may 'game the system' in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469387
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Home computers and educational outcomes : evidence from the NLSY97 and CPS
Fairlie, Robert W.; Beltran, Daniel O.; Das, Kuntal K. - In: Economic inquiry : journal of the Western Economic … 48 (2010) 3, pp. 771-792
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Family disadvantage and the gender gap in behavioral and educational outcomes
Autor, David H.; Figlio, David N.; Karbownik, Krzysztopf; … - 2016
Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 - 2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families. …
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Home computers and educational outcomes : evidence from the NLSY97 and CPS
Beltran, Daniel O.; Das, Kuntal K.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269039