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Leveraging technology to engage parents at scale : evidence from a randomized controlled trial
Bergman, Peter; Chan, Eric - 2017
While leveraging parents has the potential to increase student performance, programs that do so are often costly to implement or they target younger children. We partner text-messaging technology with school information systems to automate the gathering and provision of information to parents at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011658035
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Gender and race heterogeneity : the impact of increases in students with limited English on native students' performance
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2013
The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight decline in performance solely for students at the top...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229481
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Are you on the right track? : the effect of educational tracks on student achievement in upper-secondary education in Hungary
Hermann, Zoltán - 2013
in upper-secondary education in Hungary. Rejected and admitted students are compared who applied to the same school and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201165
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Does the precision and stability of value-added estimates of teacher performance depend on the types of students they serve?
Stacy, Brian; Guarino, Cassandra; Reckase, Mark D.; … - 2013
This paper investigates how the precision and stability of a teacher's value-added estimate relates to the characteristics of the teacher's students. Using a large administrative data set and a variety of teacher value-added estimators, it finds that the stability over time of teacher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201321
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Private tutoring expenditures in Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt; Bircan, Fatma - 2004
. The determinants examined within a Tobit model framework include total household expenditure, education levels of parents … and other household characteristics. Such analysis of the household behavior of attempting to provide better education to … their children will highlight the determinants of the demand for education and the intergenerational transfers in Turkey. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527572
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Education as a tool for the economic integration of migrants
De Paola, Maria; Brunello, Giorgio - 2016
We examine the role of education in fostering the economic integration of immigrants. Although immigrants in Europe are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455647
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The value of private schools : evidence from Pakistan
Carneiro, Pedro; Das, Jishnu; Reis, Hugo - 2016
Using unique data from Pakistan we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products in 112 rural education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011471904
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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016
with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for … compensated through school resources. In this way, by incorporating the behavioral responses of parents, teachers and policymakers …, the paper provides a rationale for the existing ambiguous empirical evidence on the effect of school resources. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521209
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Allergy test : seasonal allergens and performance in school
Marcotte, Dave E. - 2014
Seasonal pollen allergies affect approximately 1 in 5 school age children. Clinical research has established that these allergies result in large and consistent decrements in cognitive functioning, problem solving ability and speed, focus and energy. However, the impact of seasonal allergies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010415292
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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students : a story of language or ethnicity?
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2016
There is a perception among native born parents in the U.S. that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina there has been a significant increase in immigrants especially those with limited English language skills and...
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