become disengaged from school, and their NCEA level 1 achievement rates. It also compares the student turnover rates of …. The association of mobility with poorer attainment means that strategies to raise student achievement must work well for …

education (SPED) students, as well as students with low baseline achievement levels. We use applicant lotteries to evaluate the … special needs students that may be underserved. The results show average achievement gains of 0.36 standard deviations in math …, and low-achievement groups. The average reading gains are driven almost completely by SPED and LEP students, whose reading …

number of schools by 10 percent increases pupils' achievement by 3 percent of a standard deviation. A reduction in the supply …

differences in achievement into gender differences in endowments and returns to IQ and non-cognitive factors. This descriptive … to social and instrumental skills and need for achievement can explain part of the differences in performance. Boys seem …

Sniper" attacks on student achievement in Virginia's public schools. In order to identify the causal impact of these events … percentage points. Particularly concerning from an equity standpoint, these effects appear to be entirely driven by achievement …

burgeoned, relatively little attention has been paid to their effects on student achievement. Proponents of charter schools … suggest a direct effect on student achievement through the restructuring of teaching and learning processes and an indirect … result in higher achievement in traditional public schools as well. This paper focuses on student achievement in charter …

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 … school students, while non-urban charters reduce achievement from a higher baseline. Student demographics explain some of …