average special education program boosts mathematics and reading achievement of special education students, particularly those … classified as learning disabled, while not detracting from regular education students. These results are estimated quite …

students in school. More specifically, we investigate how losing different types of social relationships during the transition … from elementary to middle school affect students' academic progress and general well-being. We use social relationships … identified by the students themselves in elementary school, as part of a unique aspect of the Tel Aviv school application process …

This paper examines schools' decisions to sort students into different classes and how those sorting processes impact …," which allows teachers to direct their focus to a more narrow range of students, and a peer effect, which causes a particular … tracking effect and the peer effect should benefit high performing students. However, the effects would work in opposite …

Using administrative data on public school students in North Carolina, we find that sixth grade students attending … difference remains after adjusting for the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the students and their schools …

: SGL reduced the first year dropout rate by 6.8% for students enrolled in five-year colleges and by 64.3% for those … institutions to retain students at the expense of not securing the quality of education …

We examine the impact of a temporary price shock on the attainment of undocumented college students enrolled in a large … undocumented students. By fall 2002, the state legislature restored in-state rates. Using a differences … immediate 8 percent decrease in senior college students' enrollment. Senior college students who entered college the semester …

-five percent of the dropout that occurs in the first two years of college can be attributed to what students learn about their … could influence dropout. Our simulations show that students who perform poorly tend to learn that staying in school is not …

collected from students who entered the treatment and 50 control departments during a 15 year period that spanned the start of …