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Holmlund, Helena; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2008

educational outcomes. Yet changing the level of resources is one of the key policy levers open to governments. In the UK, school …

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Does additional spending help urban schools? An evaluation using boundary discontinuities

Gibbons, Steve; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2012

national tests at the end of primary school. This shows that school resources have an important role to play in improving …

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Culture, feedback, and gender in education

Kinne, Lavinia - 2023

This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education …

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Private Supplementary Tutoring in Turkey Recent Evidence on Its Various Aspects

Tansel, Aysit; Bircan, Fatma - 2007

education, determinants of the demand for services of the PTCs, cost of PTCs and evidence on the effectiveness of PTCs …

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Learning loss and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of evidence

Dela Cruz, Nina Ashley; Adona, Ann Jillian; Molato, Rhea; … - 2024

This systematic review covers 56 studies that measure the effects of school closures on learning outcomes during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and 20 studies that evaluate the impact of measures to reduce learning loss. It restricts attention to evaluations with credible control...

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Private Tutoring Expenditures in Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Bircan, Fatma - 2004

. The determinants examined within a Tobit model framework include total household expenditure, education levels of parents … and other household characteristics. Such analysis of the household behavior of attempting to provide better education to … their children will highlight the determinants of the demand for education and the intergenerational transfers in Turkey. …

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Does the Precision and Stability of Value-Added Estimates of Teacher Performance Depend on the Types of Students They Serve?

Stacy, Brian; Guarino, Cassandra; Reckase, Mark D.; … - 2013

This paper investigates how the precision and stability of a teacher's value-added estimate relates to the characteristics of the teacher's students. Using a large administrative data set and a variety of teacher value-added estimators, it finds that the stability over time of teacher...

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Gender and Race Heterogeneity: The Impact of Increases in Students with Limited English on Native Students' Performance

Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2013

The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight decline in performance solely for students at the top...

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Allergy Test: Seasonal Allergens and Performance in School

Marcotte, Dave E. - 2014

Seasonal pollen allergies affect approximately 1 in 5 school age children. Clinical research has established that these allergies result in large and consistent decrements in cognitive functioning, problem solving ability and speed, focus and energy. However, the impact of seasonal allergies on...

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Are you on the right track? The effect of educational tracks on student achievement in upper-secondary education in Hungary

Hermann, Zoltán - 2013

in upper-secondary education in Hungary. Rejected and admitted students are compared who applied to the same school and …

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