This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high … school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection … states, we identify the reform effect on students' probability to graduate from high school. The results show that high …

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high … school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection … states, we identify the reform effect on students ́probability to graduate from high school. The results show that high …

This study provides a comprehensive report on the group of young people without a secondary school certificate in … Germany. Official statistics are used to give an overview over the development of the dropout rate and its regional and school …-citizens, students with low-educated parents and students who had been enrolled in a “Hauptschule” before leaving school. …

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high … school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection … states, we identify the reform effect on students' probability to graduate from high school. The results show that high …

determined whether they would attend an academically oriented grammar school or a lower level secondary school. The reform … proceeded at an uneven pace in different areas, so that both secondary school systems coexist during the 1960s and 70s. The … selective school system on student achievement. Previous studies analyzing this transition have typically used a value …

features a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms, and a focus on … impact of KIPP Academy Lynn, a KIPP school in Lynn, Massachusetts that typifies the KIPP approach. Our analysis focuses on …

of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children … in elementary school one additional grade of primary education has a negative impact on enrollment rate, while the effect … underdeveloped countries parents do not have incentive to send children to school given the high perceived present economic value of …

We investigate the effects of public school open enrolment, which allows students to enroll in any public school with … whose catchment school is locally top-ranked according to test scores, greater choice is of no direct benefit; however …, students whose catchment school is locally lowest-ranked earn higher scores when they have access to better local schools …