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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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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students : a story of language or ethnicity?

Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2016

There is a perception among native born parents in the U.S. that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina there has been a significant increase in immigrants especially those with limited English language skills and...

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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students : a story of language or ethnicity?

Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 6 (2016) 2, pp. 1-18

There is a perception among native born parents in the USA that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina, there has been a significant increase in immigrants, especially those with limited English language skills....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619201

The risks and benefits of school integration for participating students : evidence from a randomized desegregation program

Bergman, Peter - 2018

receive an offer to transfer are more likely to be classified as requiring special education and their test scores increase in …

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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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Does the precision and stability of value-added estimates of teacher performance depend on the types of students they serve?

Stacy, Brian; Guarino, Cassandra Marie; 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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Which digital tools dominate secondary and higher education in economics : Google, Microsoft or Zoom?

Pavić, Ivana; Mijušković, Veljko M.; Žager, Lajoš - In: Business systems research : a system view accross … 13 (2022) 2, pp. 117-134

Background: Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, in many countries, higher, secondary and even primary education experienced …

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Access, achievements, and aspirations : the impacts of school tracking on student outcomes

Bach, Maximilian; Klein, Thilo; McNamara, Sarah - 2024

Though the use of tracking policies to stratify students is commonplace, evi- dence concerning the effects of ability-based tracking on student performance is mixed. Using rich data from the Hungarian secondary school centralized assignment mechanism and a quasi-experimental framework, we find...

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Implementing Bologna Process : Taking into Account What Students Think and Improving Professor’s Performance in Class

Diez, Fernando - 2011

/ University education, such as skills, competences, new research trends, TICs, accreditation and quality assurance, etc. However … European Higher Education Area, and are supposed to be placed at the very centre of the teaching-learning process, however, no …

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Retention of Aboriginal Students in Post-Secondary Institutions in Atlantic Canada : An Analysis of the Supports Available to Aboriginal Students

Cameron, Bobby Thomas - 2010

Canadian post-secondary institutions about how they can provide the necessary resources to enable Aboriginal students to … needed, their motivations for pursuing postsecondary education, and overall what has helped or hindered their success at …-secondary institutions with more visible, accessible resources directed specifically towards Aboriginal students reported higher usage rates …

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