We examine the educational production function and efficiency of public school districts in Illinois. Using … in school districts. Moreover, the level of test scores, commonly used as a measure of school effectiveness, (while … related) differs substantially from our efficiency scores, and standard parametric approaches drastically underestimate school …

Starting in the 2013-2014 school year, I conducted a randomized field experiment in fifty traditional public elementary …

Starting in the 2013-2014 school year, I conducted a randomized field experiment in fifty traditional public elementary …

end of secondary school. We provide empirical evidence of selfproductivity of skills and of complementarity between … secondary school inputs and skills at the end of primary school. Our inference relies on idiosyncratic variation in school … ability is 0.22 and the return to school expenditure is three times higher for students at the top of the past attainment …

end of secondary school. We provide empirical evidence of self-productivity of skills and of complementarity between … secondary school inputs and skills at the end of primary school. Our inference relies on idiosyncratic variation in school … ability is 0.221 and the return to school expenditure is three times higher for students at the top of the past attainment …

of assessing the impact of education quality, the teacher contribution to pupils' achievement, and the effect of school …