Estimates using admissions lotteries suggest that urban charter schools boost student achievement, while charter … sources of charter effect heterogeneity, we show that urban charter schools boost achievement well beyond that of urban public … schools in other settings do not. Using the largest available sample of lotteried applicants to charter schools, we explore …

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 …

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 …

mainly to be driven by boys, students from families with a low educational level and students attending schools in urban …

the evolution of postsecondary impacts of the interaction of school entry and compulsory schooling laws in Michigan. We …

' achievement increases after being exposed to the teacher, or based on the teacher's "value-added''. When teacher value-added is …