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School accountability : incentives or sorting?
Gjefsen, Hege Marie; Gunnes, Trude - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333435
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Central exit exams improve student outcomes : external school leaving exams raise student achievement and improve how grades are understood in the labor market
Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
Reaching the policy goal of improving student achieve­ment by adding resources to the school system has often proven … elusive. By contrast, ample evidence indicates that central exit exams constitute an important feature of a school system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781700
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Testing, Teacher Turnover and the Distribution of Teachers across Grades and Schools
Fuchsman, Dillon; Sass, Tim R.; Zamarro, Gema - 2020
Teacher turnover has adverse consequences for student achievement and imposes large financial costs for schools. Some have argued that high-stakes testing may lower teachers’ satisfaction with their jobs and could be a major contributor to teacher attrition. In this paper, we exploit changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014101913
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Testing, Teacher Turnover and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools
Fuchsman, Dillon; Sass, Tim R.; Zamarro, Gema - 2021
Teacher turnover has adverse consequences for student achievement and imposes large financial costs for schools. Some have argued that high-stakes testing may lower teachers’ satisfaction with their jobs and could be a major contributor to teacher attrition. In this paper, we exploit changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013313578
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Does school management and leadership predict student achievement? : evidence from elementary schools in Brazil
Marioni, Larissa da Silva; Freguglia, Ricardo da Silva; … - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015085435
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Making the grade : the effect of teacher grading standards on student outcomes
Gershenson, Seth; Holt, Stephen B.; Tyner, Adam - 2022
characteristics and levels of ability, students' relative rank within the classroom, and school context. High teacher grading …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373119
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Does Principal Pay Matter? An Analysis of Principal Compensation and School Performance in Colorado K-12 Public Schools
Carlson, David K.; Johnson, Daniel K. N. - 2010
Compensation of K-12 school principals, and the effect that it has on the performance of the schools they lead, has …-2005 school years. Controlling for differences in cost of living across districts, a positive correlation between principal … school’s students on free and reduced lunch and teacher salaries were found to have a larger impact on student performance …
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Asian Segregation and Scholastic Achievement : Evidence from Primary Schools in New York City
D'Este, Rocco - 2018
This paper examines the effects of Asian segregation on students' academic performance in New York City primary schools. We use exogenous variation in the share of Asian students across cohorts and schools stemming from a fertility shock among Asian population in the Chinese year of the Dragon....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912785
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School closures and student achievement, evidence from a high stakes exam
Riudavets-Barcons, Marc; Uusitalo, Roope - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015137976
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Does principal pay matter? : an analysis of principal compensation and school performance in Colorado K-12 public schools
Carlson, David K.; Johnson, Daniel K. N. - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009746143