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High stakes in the classroom, high stakes on the street: The effects of community violence on studentsâ€™ standardized test performance

PatrickSharkey; Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Ellen, Ingrid Gould; … - Lusk Center for Real Estate, Marshall School of Business - 2013

This article examines the effect of exposure to violent crime on studentsâ€™ standardized test performance among a sample of students in New York City public schools. To identify the effect of exposure to community violence on childrenâ€™s test scores, we compare students exposed to an...

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Is There a Nativity Gap? New Evidence on the Academic Performance of Immigrant Students

Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Stiefel, Leanna - In: Education Finance and Policy 1 (2006) January, pp. 17-49

” might be explained by school and demographic characteristics. This article takes a step toward filling that void using data … from New York City where 17 percent of elementary and middle school students are immigrants. We explore disparities in … student and school characteristics. Further, while the nativity gap differs for students from different world regions …

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Mission matters : the cost of small high schools revisited

Stiefel, Leanna; Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Iatarola, Patrice; … - In: Economics of education review 28 (2009) 5, pp. 585-599

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Not just for poor kids : the impact of universal free school breakfast on meal participation and student outcomes

Leos-Urbel, Jacob; Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Weinstein, Meryle; … - In: Economics of education review 36 (2013), pp. 88-107

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Reprint of "Do Housing Choice Voucher holders live near good schools?"

Horn, Keren Mertens; Ellen, Ingrid Gould; Schwartz, Amy … - In: Journal of housing economics 24 (2014), pp. 109-121

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Does attending a STEM high school improve student performance? : Evidence from New York City

Wiswall, Matthew; Stiefel, Leanna; Schwartz, Amy Ellen; … - In: Economics of education review 40 (2014), pp. 93-105

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Do Housing Choice Voucher holders live near good schools?

Horn, Keren Mertens; Ellen, Ingrid Gould; Schwartz, Amy … - In: Journal of housing economics 23 (2014), pp. 28-40

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Public education in the dynamic city : lessons from New York City

Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Stiefel, Leanna - In: Economic policy review 11 (2005) 2, pp. 157-176

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Using adjusted performance measures for evaluating resource use

Stiefel, Leanna; Rubenstein, Ross; Schwartz, Amy Ellen - In: Public budgeting & finance 19 (1999) 3, pp. 67-87

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Do choice schools break the link between public schools and property values? : evidence from house prices in New York City

Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Voicu, Ioan; Horn, Keren Mertens - In: Regional science & urban economics 49 (2014), pp. 1-10

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