A Rising Tide That Lifts All Boats? Effects of Competition on Child Care Quality and Medium-Term Student Outcomes [0.03%]
竞争条件下儿童保育质量及对学生中期影响的研究
Qing Zhang,Jade Marcus Jenkins
Qing Zhang
Using administrative data of center-based child care providers in North Carolina from 2005 to 2018, we provide the first direct evidence on the effects of competition on provider quality and student outcomes in the context of early care and...
Quentin Brummet,Lindsay Liebert,Thurston Domina et al.
Quentin Brummet et al.
Although existing research suggests that students benefit on a range of outcomes when they enroll in early algebra classes, policy efforts that accelerate algebra enrollment for large numbers of students often have negative effects. Explana...
Michelle Spiegel,Leah R Clark,Thurston Domina et al.
Michelle Spiegel et al.
Many educational policies hinge on the valid measurement of student economic disadvantage at the school level. Measures based on free and reduced-price lunch enrollment are used widely. However, recent research raises questions about their ...
The Stubborn Unresponsiveness of Youth Voter Turnout to Civic Education: Quasi-experimental Evidence from State-Mandated Civics Tests [0.03%]
公民教育对青年选民投票行为影响甚微——来自强制性公民考试的准实验证据
Jilli Jung,Maithreyi Gopalan
Jilli Jung
Youth voter turnout remains stubbornly low and unresponsive to civic education. Rigorous evaluations of the adoption of civic tests for high school graduation by some states on youth voter turnout remain limited. We estimate the impact of a...
Accountability or Equity: Combining Topic Models and Qualitative Analysis to Examine Public Rhetoric about Performance-Based Funding [0.03%]
基于绩效的经费问题上的公众论调：结合主题模型和定性分析的方法
Denisa Gándara,Stijn Daenekindt
Denisa Gándara
Examining rhetoric is important to understanding educational policymaking. This study focuses on rhetoric on one educational policy, performance-based funding (PBF) for higher education. In contrast to previous research on PBF, we analyze r...
Suh-Ruu Ou,Arthur J Reynolds
Suh-Ruu Ou
Using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study (CLS), an ongoing investigation of a panel of low-income minority children growing up in an inner city, this study investigated whether retention is associated with participation in postseconda...
To Switch or Not to Switch? The Influence of School Choice and Labor Market Segmentation on Teachers' Job Searches [0.03%]
换或不换？学校选择和劳动力市场分割对教师求职的影响
Huriya Jabbar,Andrene Castro,Emily Germain
Huriya Jabbar
Informal and institutional barriers may limit teacher movement between charter schools and traditional public schools (TPSs). However, we know little about how teachers choose schools in areas with a robust charter school sector. This study...
David Blazar,Matthew A Kraft
David Blazar
Research has focused predominantly on how teachers affect students' achievement on tests despite evidence that a broad range of attitudes and behaviors are equally important to their long-term success. We find that upper-elementary teachers...
Head Start at ages 3 and 4 versus Head Start followed by state pre-k: Which is more effective? [0.03%]
为期3岁和4岁的“起点计划”好是还是“起点计划”加州立校的 preschool好？哪一种更有效？
Jade Marcus Jenkins,George Farkas,Greg J Duncan et al.
Jade Marcus Jenkins et al.
As policy-makers contemplate expanding preschool opportunities for low-income children, one possibility is to fund two, rather than one year of Head Start for children at ages 3 and 4. Another option is to offer one year of Head Start follo...
Which Instructional Practices Most Help First Grade Students with and without Mathematics Difficulties? [0.03%]
哪些教学实践能够最大程度地帮助有数学障碍和没有数学障碍的一年级学生？
Paul L Morgan,George Farkas,Steve Maczuga
Paul L Morgan
We used population-based, longitudinal data to investigate the relation between mathematics instructional practices used by 1st grade teachers in the U.S. and the mathematics achievement of their students. Factor analysis identified four ty...