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Threat of grade retention, remedial education and student achievement : evidence from upper secondary schools in Italy
Battistin, Erich; Schizzerotto, Antonio - In: Empirical economics : a journal of the Institute for … 56 (2019) 2, pp. 651-678
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041657
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Threat of Grade Retention, Remedial Education and Student Achievement : Evidence from Upper Secondary Schools in Italy
Battistin, Erich - 2013
set out the comparison of similar students undergoing alternative progression rules, and to shed light on whether, and to … across curricular tracks, picturing at best – depending on the data employed – a marginal improvement for students in … academic schools. We instead find sharp negative effects of the reform in technical and vocational schools, where the students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089007
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Die G8-Reform in Deutschland : Auswirkungen auf Schülerleistungen und Bildungsungleichheit
Homuth, Christoph - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528485
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Shaping Inequality and Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty : Free College or Better Schools
Krueger, Dirk; Ludwig, Alexander; Popova, Irina - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We evaluate the aggregate, distributional and welfare consequences of alternative government education policies to encourage college completion, such as making college free and improving funding for public schooling. To do so, we construct a general equilibrium overlapping generations model with...
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The effects of state merit aid programs on attendance at elite colleges
Sjoquist, David L.; Winters, John V. - 2015
State merit aid programs have been found to reduce the likelihood that students attend college out-of-state. Using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346588
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The impact of assessment policy on learning : replacement exams or grade dropping
MacDermott, Raymond J. - In: The journal of economic education 44 (2013) 4, pp. 364-371
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Ranking up by moving out : the effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on property values
Cortes, Kalena E.; Friedson, Andrew I. - 2010
Texas engaged in a large-scale policy experiment when it instituted the Top 10% Plan. This policy guarantees automatic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983726
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Ranking up by moving out : the effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on property values
Cortes, Kalena E.; Friedson, Andrew I. - In: National tax journal 67 (2014) 1, pp. 51-76
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School tracking and intergenerational social mobility : postponing school tracking can increase social mobility without significant adverse effects on educational achievement
Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2014
The goal of school tracking (assigning students to different types of school by ability) is to increase educational … efficiency by creating more homogeneous groups of students that are easier to teach. However, there are concerns that, if begun …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417325
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School tracking and intergenerational social mobility : postponing school tracking can increase social mobility without significant adverse effects on educational achievement
Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2018
The goal of school tracking (assigning students to different types of school by ability) is to increase educational … efficiency by creating more homogeneous groups of students that are easier to teach. However, there are concerns that, if begun …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947164