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We estimate the effect of school size on students' long-term outcomes such as high school completion, being out of the … estimators. We use the natural population variation in the residential catchment areas and school openings and closures to … instrument for actual school size. We find a robust positive but numerically fairly small relationship between school size and …
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that small increases in shared computer access, one more computer per 40 students, can produce large increases in digital …
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that small increases in shared computer access, one more computer per 40 students, can produce large increases in digital …
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) over two school terms. We find that bi-weekly student feedbacks using our special scorecard of schoolwork and behavior …
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Collection of data on academic outcomes among Indigenous students is a necessary step towards bridging the education … gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous students, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Measuring … Student Outcomes: The Case for Identifying Indigenous Students in Canada's PISA Sample,” authors John Richards and Parisa …
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The U.S. student privacy legal landscape over the past 45 years tells a story of unintended consequences that have required legislative clarifications and changes. This story makes a case for nuance and careful deliberation in drafting laws and creating a long-term culture of privacy that...
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ideal for investigating this question. There, students are placed in exam schools based on a high-stakes national … large achievement gains and improved university placements for high achieving students. …
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skills observed between 1st and 2nd generation immigrant students is mainly due to both the negative performance of immigrant … children newly arrived in Italy, and the immigrant students' area of origin. Comparing the results across the different grades …. Overall, our results suggest the presence of a "critical" age above which 1st generation immigrant students face a negative …
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cumulative grade point average (CGPA), parental education and students' sociocultural background. While the authors point out … describe how they aimed to analyse whether attending private tutoring centres (PTCs) enhances Turkish students' academic … other variables such as interest in and perception of academic success, high school graduation fields of study, high school …
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The typical measure used by researchers and school administrators to evaluate teachers is based on how the students … heterogeneous across her students, the typically used measure reflects differences in the average value-added the teacher provides …
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