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Evaluating Student Outcomes at For-Profit Colleges
Lang, Kevin - 2012
/degrees from for-profit, not-for-profit, and public institutions. Students who enter certificate programs at any type of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460459
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Measuring Test Measurement Error : A General Approach
Boyd, Donald - 2012
one or more cohorts of students take three or more tests in the subject of interest (e.g., state assessments in three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460650
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The Role of Teacher Quality in Retention and Hiring : Using Applications-to-Transfer to Uncover Preferences of Teachers and Schools
Boyd, Donald - 2010
are able to make good decisions about whom to hire, these reforms have the potential to benefit schools and students … (certification exam scores; college competitiveness) are more likely to apply for transfer, while teachers whose students demonstrate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462686
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School Entry, Educational Attainment and Quarter of Birth : A Cautionary Tale of LATE
Barua, Rashmi - 2009
no effect on the educational attainment of children born in the fourth quarter of moving from a December 31 to an earlier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463413
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The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and its Implications for Student Achievement in High-Poverty Schools
Boyd, Donald - 2008
teachers resulted in average improved achievement for students in the poorest decile of schools of .03 standard deviations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464597
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Who Leaves? Teacher Attrition and Student Achievement
Boyd, Donald - 2008
, while less effective transfers stay in lower-performing schools, likely exacerbating the differences across students in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464625
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How Teacher Turnover Harms Student Achievement
Ronfeldt, Matthew - 2011
student observations over 5 years. The results indicate that students in grade-levels with higher turnover score lower in both … ELA and math and that this effect is particularly strong in schools with more low-performing and black students. Moreover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461481
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The Effect of High School Exit Exams on Graduation, Employment, Wages and Incarceration
Baker, Olesya - 2013
We evaluate the effects of high school exit exams on high school graduation, incarceration, employment and wages. We construct a state/graduation-cohort dataset using the Current Population Survey, Census and information on exit exams. We find relatively modest effects of high school exit exams...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459480
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The Wage Effects of Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Certifications : Better Data, Somewhat Different Results
Lang, Kevin - 2013
more students at not-for-profits earn a BA, making them less likely to have only an Associate's degree. There is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459528
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The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K-3 : The Fragility of Results
Bond, Timothy N. - 2012
ordinal scales. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study and the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey, we examine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460699