We analyze how school vouchers affect post-secondary attainment by exploiting the universal voucher program implemented … covered tuition independently of whether the chosen school was private or public. We find that vouchers increased the … school choice becomes available in a student's educational path. We find that the impacts of vouchers on PSE outcomes are …

Taking advantage of lottery-like features in New York City’s high school admissions process, previous MDRC reports have … improving high school graduation prospects, particularly for disadvantaged students. The new findings in this policy brief …

universal random assignment of students to high schools in certain areas of South Korea to provide estimates of school effects … that may better reflect the effects of school practices. We find significant effects of schools on scores in high …-stakes college entrance exams: a 1 standard deviation increase in school quality leads to 0.06-0.08 standard deviations higher …

Urban school districts nationwide have increased within-district choice for families. In response, district …

In Turkey, as in many other countries, female students perform better in high school and have higher test scores than … preferences for programs and schools on the allocation of students to colleges. Controlling for test score and high school … unassigned and in relative preferences for school attributes can explain much of the gender gap at the most elite programs. …