distributional effects across students. We test the model using the quasi-natural experiment of the G8 reform in Germany. We find …, such benefits are more pronounced for well-prepared students. In contrast, less-prepared students do not benefit from the …

Education has a fundamental role in promoting the integration of students with an immigrant background in host … outcomes for students with an immigrant background as, among others, they need to overcome adversities related to displacement …, socio-economic disadvantage and language barriers. Building on the 2018 Report “The Resilience of Students with an Immigrant …

single-sex versus mixed classrooms on students’ achievement. Despite the vast yet inconclusive literature on single …-majority countries where single-sex education is prevalent. Empirical findings show that when students’ characteristics and educational …-medium-ability male students performing significantly better in all-male classrooms. …

Many U.S. students arrive on college campus lacking the skills expected for college-level work. As state leaders seek … course requirements. Tennessee has taken a novel approach by allowing students to complete their remediation requirements in … the first year of college and allowed students to earn a modest 4.5 additional college credits by their second year. We …

This paper is the first to explore the effects of school accountability systems on high-achieving students' long … basic skills apparently led to generally reduced performance by high-achieving students, while an accountability system … other technical subjects. Both types of systems are associated with increased "cramming" by students in college. The results …

Middle- and upper-class parents tend to think that school systems in which students from different socio … residential segregation or private schools might contribute to a segregation of students from different socio-economic backgrounds … find that in education systems in which schools become more socially inclusive, students from disadvantaged families …

We conduct a study under 2,400 third grade students at three large secondary comprehensive schools to evaluate a gifted … tracks at different schools) to get difference-in-differences (DD) estimates for all students above the admission cutoff …. Second, we use the GT admission rule to get regression discontinuity (RD) estimates for students near the admission cutoff …