school graduation rate. Correcting for important biases that plague previous calculations, we establish that (a) the true … high school graduation rate is substantially lower than the official rate issued by the National Center for Educational … and have not converged over the past 35 years; (d) the decline in high school graduation rates occurs among native …

Substantial uncertainty exists about the impact of school quality on the black-white achievement gap. Our results … within schools, and specific school and peer factors exert a significant effect on the growth in the achievement gap. Unequal … between grades 3 and 8. Moreover, non-random sample attrition for school changers and much higher rates of special education …

The role of schooling and school quality in the economy has become very confused, in part because of attempts to argue … different positions on educational policy. Research demonstrates that school quality has a strong impact on individual earnings …, on the distribution of income, and on overall economic growth. In contrast to these long run factors, today's school …

today, representing waste in school resources. We investigate whether reducing parent-school information gaps can improve … of positive classroom spillovers. Leveraging existing school inputs to implement a light-touch, cost …

driven by declines in high school peer quality and educational investments that result in lower non-cognitive skill …