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Is Spanish-Only Schooling Responsible for the Puerto Rican Language Gap?

Angrist, Joshua D.; Chin, Aimee; Godoy, Ricardo A. - 2021

Between 1898 and 1948, English was the language of instruction for most post-primary grades in Puerto Rican public schools. Since 1949, the language of instruction in all grades has been Spanish. We use this policy change to estimate the effect of English-intensive instruction on the...

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Immigrant-Native Substitutability : The Role of Language Ability

Lewis, Ethan - 2011

Wage evidence suggests that immigrant workers are imperfectly substitutable for native-born workers with similar education and experience. Using U.S. Censuses and recent American Community Survey data, I ask to what extent differences in language skills drive this. I find they are important. I...

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Language Training and Refugees' Integration

Nielson Arendt, Jacob; Bolvig, Iben; Foged, Mette; … - 2022

We evaluate a Danish reform focused on improving Danish language training for those granted refugee status on or after January 1, 1999. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design we find a significant, permanent, positive effect on earnings. This effect emerged after completion of language classes...

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The Impact of High School Curriculum on Confidence, Academic Success, and Mental and Physical Well-Being of University Students

Yu, Han - 2018

This paper investigates the causal effect of high school curriculum on various student outcomes including academic … attitudes towards studying and learning. We exploit a curriculum reform in China, the implementation of which started in 2004 … new curriculum pivoted away from the old lock-step course structure where all students took the same courses and only …

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The Causal Effects of Cultural Relevance : Evidence from an Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Dee, Thomas S. - 2016

this study, we estimate the causal effects of an ethnic studies curriculum piloted in several San Francisco high schools …

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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment : Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra

Cortes, Kalena E. - 2014

We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...

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Curriculum and Ideology

Cantoni, Davide - 2014

, staggered introduction of the new curriculum across provinces allows us to identify the effects of the new educational content …. These changes were often effective: study under the new curriculum is robustly associated with changed views on political …

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Algebra for 8th Graders : Evidence on its Effects from 10 North Carolina Districts

Clotfelter, Charles T. - 2012

This paper examines the effects of policies that increase the number of students who take the first course in algebra in 8th grade, rather than waiting until 9th grade. Extending previous research that focused on the Charlotte-Mecklenberg school system, we use data for the 10 largest districts...

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Student Sorting and Bias in Value Added Estimation : Selection on Observables and Unobservables

Rothstein, Jesse - 2010

Non-random assignment of students to teachers can bias value added estimates of teachers' causal effects. Rothstein … (2008a, b) shows that typical value added models indicate large counter-factual effects of 5th grade teachers on students' 4 … in estimates of 5th grade teachers' causal effects from several value added models, under varying assumptions about the …

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Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher When You Recruit One?

Rockoff, Jonah E. - 2010

Research on the relationship between teachers' characteristics and teacher effectiveness has been underway for over a … teachers in New York City and collected information on a number of non-traditional predictors of effectiveness including … improve the quality of their teachers …

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