This paper presents the results from a randomized controlled trial of Chapter One, an early elementary reading tutoring … students were randomly assigned to receive supplementary tutoring during the 2021-22 school year (N=818). The study occurred in … over two times more likely to reach the program's target reading level by the end of kindergarten (70% vs. 32%). The …

features a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms, and a focus on … traditional reading and math skills. No Excuses charter schools are sometimes said to focus on relatively motivated high achievers … impact of KIPP Academy Lynn, a KIPP school in Lynn, Massachusetts that typifies the KIPP approach. Our analysis focuses on …

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children …

schools in the Wake County Public School System to estimate the academic and behavioral effects of being reassigned to a … different school and, separately, of shifts in peer characteristics. We rule out all but substantively small effects of … transitioning to a different school as a result of reassignment on test scores, course grades and chronic absenteeism. In contrast …

. We show through a randomized controlled trial that school principals, i.e., school mangers, can act as leaders to improve …

policy to improve educational outcomes of juveniles and young adults: the provision of private school vouchers in the context … of a school accountability system to increase educational production at low-performing public schools (Chapter 2 …