3 and 4) is concerned with students' behavior towards federal interventions aiming at achieving efficiency and equality … elementary students' performance in international student assessments. Chapter 3 investigates, together with Michael Kalinowski …-time evidence that two fifths of eligible students do not claim their benefits. Chapter 4 contains results from a randomized field …

are extremely low, especially among low-income students. Much of the existing policy and research attention to this issue …-academic obstacles might be key drivers of dropout rates for students living with the burden of poverty. This study examines the impact … of a comprehensive case management intervention that is designed specifically to help low-income students overcome the …

College attendance is a risky investment. But students may not recognize when they are at risk for failure, and …, with negative impacts on persistence but positive effects on grades for students who remain enrolled. After three years … education by pushing out low-performing low-income students faster than their equally low-performing, but higher-income peers …

mapped into the observed 1-5 integer scores, for over 4.5 million students. Earning higher AP integer scores positively … that receiving a score of 3 over a 2 on junior year AP exams causes students to take between 0.06 and 0.14 more AP exams …