specifically good match with their children. I investigate the effect of attending a preferred school on student achievement in … assignment which awards school offer based on admission priority, residential distance, and parental preference. I compare … school of choice increases student achievement compared to an institution with lower parental preference but same value …

School choice has become an increasingly prominent strategy for urban school districts seeking to enhance academic … advantage of these programs. To overcome this difficulty, we exploit randomized lotteries that determine high school admission …

A school that is more productive is one that produces higher achievement in its pupils for each dollar it spends. In … this paper, I comprehensively review how school choice might affect productivity. I begin by describing the importance of … school productivity, then explain the economic logic that suggests that choice will affect productivity, and finish by …