with accountability measures to allow parents of children in under-performing schools the opportunity to choose higher … an impact on the schools parents chose and if those changed choices led to academic gains. We find that 16% of parents … their current NCLB school. We then use the lottery assignment of students to chosen schools to test if changed choices led …

"There is growing empirical evidence that low-income parents place lower weights on academics when choosing schools … parents choose and the subsequent impact on their children's academic outcomes. We find in both cases that providing parents … these parents had a substantial monetary impact on their children's lifetime earnings, adding to growing evidence that small …