Test-based accountability including value-added assessments and experimental and quasi-experimental research in education rely on achievement tests to measure student skills and knowledge. Yet we know little regarding important properties of these tests, an important example being the extent of...

Test-based accountability including value-added assessments and experimental and quasi-experimental research in education rely on achievement tests to measure student skills and knowledge. Yet we know little regarding important properties of these tests, an important example being the extent of...

This paper models the impact of state finance systems on the distribution of spending levels across districts. The paper assumes sorting of residents into districts based on demand for school spending rather than income, as most previous studies have done. With this approach, I am able to...