th grade. We observe that the eventual high school graduates in this group have much better postsecondary education …

variables, teacher profiles and school characteristics, were analyzed to identify appropriate needs-based formula components and …

education in many countries across the world. In this paper, in line with some recent studies, we value school quality using …' choice to attend high schools to identify the relationship between house prices and school performance. We exploit a change … in school choice policy that took place in Oslo county in 1997, where the school authorities opened up the possibility …

time-in-term, other school factors and student background factors. Class size and time-in-term are both important school …

School accountability systems that establish the adoption of incentives for teachers and school managers usually impact … positively students' performance. However, in many circumstances, school accountability systems may face institutional … accountable for not improving school quality. The results show that, on average, one point increase in a 0-10 scale index from …

This article examines whether the means-tested component of the National School Lunch Program changes beneficiaries …' dietary patterns by taking advantage of variation across public school districts in the financing of and demand for lunch and … nutrition programs. Using data on fifth grade public elementary school children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study …

school graduation rate. Correcting for important biases that plague previous calculations, we establish that (a) the true … high school graduation rate is substantially lower than the official rate issued by the National Center for Educational … and have not converged over the past 35 years; (d) the decline in high school graduation rates occurs among native …