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We take a closer look at what we can learn about charter schools by pooling data from lottery-based impact estimates of … the effect of charter school attendance at 113 schools. On average, each year enrolled at one of these schools increases … characteristics of fallback schools. In line with the earlier literature, we find that schools that adopt an intensive “No Excuses …
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We take a closer look at what we can learn about charter schools by pooling data from lottery-based impact estimates of … the effect of charter school attendance at 113 schools. On average, each year enrolled at one of these schools increases … characteristics of fallback schools. In line with the earlier literature, we find that schools that adopt an intensive "No Excuses …
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This paper uses a new administrative dataset of students at a large university matched to courses and instructors to analyze the importance of teacher quality at the postsecondary level. Instructors are matched to both objective and subjective characteristics of teacher quality to estimate the...
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We design and experimentally evaluate two low-cost, scalable interventions – an online preparatory module and a text-message coaching program – in a sample of over 3,000 undergraduate students at a large Canadian university. Supplementing administrative data on academic outcomes with a...
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Pathways to Education is a comprehensive youth support program developed to improve academic outcomes among those entering high school from very poor social-economic backgrounds. The program includes proactive mentoring to each student, daily tutoring, group activities, career counseling, and...
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We design and experimentally evaluate two low-cost, scalable interventions - an online preparatory module and a text-message coaching program - in a sample of over 3,000 undergraduate students at a large Canadian university. Supplementing administrative data on academic outcomes with a unique...
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