the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s on student achievement, especially in math. The effects on teachers and …

considerable autonomy while remaining in the state sector. We analyse the effects of two secondary free schools with different … schools have a strong positive impact on student test scores on average. However, we also find heterogeneous effects: the "no …. Both schools similarly reduce student absences and school mobility. Peer quality, teacher characteristics, and inspectorate …

British secondary schools moved from a system of extensive and early selection and tracking in secondary schools to one … with comprehensive schools during the 1960s and 70s. Before the reform, students would take an exam at age eleven, which … selective school system on student achievement. Previous studies analyzing this transition have typically used a value …

This paper analyzes the effect of school vouchers on student sorting — defined as a flight to private schools by high … existing literature investigates sorting in cases where private schools can screen students. However, publicly funded U … it is oversubscribed. This paper focuses on two crucial requirements of the Milwaukee voucher program: 1) private schools …

The nation's largest charter management organization is the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP). KIPP schools are … traditional reading and math skills. No Excuses charter schools are sometimes said to focus on relatively motivated high achievers … scores rise by roughly 0.35 standard deviations for each year spent at KIPP Lynn. -- human capital ; charter schools …

the recent past amongst advanced countries – the introduction of academy schools to English secondary education. Academies … are state schools that are allowed to run in an autonomous manner which is free from local authority control. Almost all … academies are conversions from already existent state schools and so are school takeovers that enable more autonomy. Our …

) peers and student achievement, using detailed panel data from 2006 to 2012. Percent LEP has a negative association with … has little if any discernable relationship with achievement. For LEP students, having more LEP peers speak their mother … tongue is positively associated with reading achievement and negatively associated with mathematics achievement. …

effect of the Great Recession (or any other recession) on schools. Our paper begins to fill this gap. Exploiting detailed …. Our findings promise to facilitate an understanding of how recessions affect schools and of the role policy can play in …