This paper evaluates average educational performance effects of an expanding independent-school sector at the … increase in the share of independent-school students between Swedish municipalities. We find that an increase in the share of … independent-school students improves average performance at the end of compulsory school as well as long-run educational outcomes …

that students moving from elementary to middle school suffer a sharp drop in student achievement in the transition year …. These achievement drops persist through grade 10. We also find that middle school entry increases student absences and is … associated with higher grade 10 dropout rates. Transitions to high school in grade nine cause a smaller one-time drop in …

determined whether they would attend an academically oriented grammar school or a lower level secondary school. The reform … proceeded at an uneven pace in different areas, so that both secondary school systems coexist during the 1960s and 70s. The … selective school system on student achievement. Previous studies analyzing this transition have typically used a value …

I estimate the effect of class size on scholastic achievement using that schools are only in session during the school …

We look at the effect of school starting age on standardized test scores using data covering all grade four and grade … generally gain from starting school one year later and the effects are much stronger in the case of students coming from low …

Using that schools are in session during the school year and out of session during the summer, it is possible to … are lost when pupils are not in school, pupils with non-Swedish parents learn relatively more during the school year, and … learning is unrelated to pupils? parents? socioeconomic level during both the summer and the school year. …

employment impacts of an after-school program, the Quantum Opportunity Program, that offered disadvantaged high-school youth …: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards with the objective to improve high-school graduation and post …