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EdWorkingPapers.com Archive

The Annenberg Institute at Brown University has developed this national working paper series to provide public access to high-quality papers from multiple disciplines on a wide variety of topics related to education. EdWorkingPapers focuses particularly on research with strong implications for education policy. EdWorkingPapers circulates papers prior to publication for comment and discussion; these papers have not gone through a peer review processes. Contributors can update papers to provide readers with the most up-to-date findings. The Annenberg Institute at Brown aims to equalize and improve educational opportunities through actionable knowledge, human development and broad engagement. As an umbrella for the range of work at Brown enriching education for children and youth, the Annenberg Institute is developing a model for how institutions of higher education can contribute to educational systems for just and flourishing societies.

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A comparison of postsecondary outcomes for Army service members, Veterans, and civilians

Description:
Despite broad public interest in Veterans' education, there is relatively little evidence documenting the postsecondary trajectories of military service members after they return to civilian …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Andrew C. Barr (author)
Kelli A. Bird (author)
Benjamin L. Castleman (author)
William Skimmyhorn (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
veterans education
educational attainment
college completion
inequality
Post-secondary education
Inequality
Program and policy effects
Race, ethnicity and culture
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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A Reanalysis of Impacts of the Tennessee Voluntary Prekindergarten Program

Description:
We present a reanalysis of the Tennessee Voluntary Prekindergarten Program (TNVPK), a state-funded program designed to promote the school readiness of 4-year-olds from low-income families. …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Tyler Watts (author)
Greg J. Duncan (author)
Mariela Rivas (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
Pre-kindergarten programs
RCT
Early childhood
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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A Tale of Two Types of Schools: An Exploration of How School Working Conditions Influence Black Male Teacher Turnover

Description:
This phenomenological study draws on semi-structured interviews with 27 Black male teachers across 14 schools in an urban school district—seven schools with three or more …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Travis J. Bristol (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
Black Male Teachers; Teacher Turnover; Retention; Working Conditions
K-12 Education
Politics, governance, philanthropy, and organizations
Race, ethnicity and culture
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Active Choice Framing and Intergenerational Education Benefits: Evidence from the Field

Description:
The Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer generous education benefits to a dependent. We run a large-scale experiment to test whether active choice …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Benjamin L. Castleman (author)
Francis X. Murphy (author)
Richard W. Patterson (author)
William L. Skimmyhorn (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
behavioral economics
veterans
GI Bill
college
public benefits
Post-secondary education
Access and admissions
Education outside of school (after school, summer…)
Finance
Inequality
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Altered Attitudes and Actions: Social-Emotional Effects of Multiple Arts Field Trips

Description:
In recent decades, institutions, teachers, and students report a decline in field trip attendance. The impact of this decline on educational and societal outcomes such …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Angela R. Watson (author)
Jay P. Greene (author)
Heidi H. Erickson (author)
Molly I. Beck (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
Social-emotional learning
school field trips
arts education
randomized controlled experiment
K-12 Education
Education outside of school (after school, summer…)
Multiple outcomes of education
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Are Schools Deemed Effective Based on Overall Student Growth Also Closing Achievement Gaps? Examining the Black-White Gap in Schools

Description:
Research has begun to investigate whether teachers and schools are as effective with certain student subgroups as they are with the overall student population. Most …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
James Soland (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
school effectiveness
growth modeling
accountability
program evaluation
achievement gaps
K-12 Education
Educator preparation, professional development, performance and evaluation
Inequality
Methodology, measurement and data
Program and policy effects
Race, ethnicity and culture
Standards, accountability, assessment, and curriculum
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Beyond tracking and detracking: The dimensions of organizational differentiation in schools

Description:
Schools utilize an array of strategies to match curricula and instruction to students’ heterogeneous skills. While generations of scholars have debated “tracking” and its consequences, …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Thurston Domina (author)
Andrew McEachin (author)
Paul Hanselman (author)
Priyanka Agarwal (author)
NaYoung Hwang (author)
Ryan Lewis (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
tracking
middle school
K-12 Education
Inequality
Methodology, measurement and data
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Can Light-Touch College-Going Interventions Make a Difference? Evidence From a Statewide Experiment in Michigan

Description:
I conduct a statewide experiment in Michigan with nearly 50,000 high-achieving high school seniors. Treated students are mailed a letter encouraging them to consider college …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Joshua Hyman (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
Post-secondary education
Access and admissions
Inequality
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
Full Record

Can Successful Schools Replicate? Scaling Up Boston’s Charter School Sector

Description:
Can schools that boost student outcomes reproduce their success at new campuses? We study a policy reform that allowed effective charter schools in Boston, Massachusetts …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Sarah R. Cohodes (author)
Elizabeth Setren (author)
Christopher R. Walters (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
K-12 Education
Markets (vouchers, choice, for-profits, vendors)
Politics, governance, philanthropy, and organizations
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Class Rank and Long-Run Outcomes

Description:
This paper considers an unavoidable feature of the school environment – what are the long run effects of a student’s ordinal rank in elementary school? …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Jeffrey T. Denning (author)
Richard Murphy (author)
Felix Weinhardt (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
K-12 Education
Multiple outcomes of education
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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College Advising at a National Scale: Experimental Evidence from the CollegePoint initiative

Description:
In recognition of the complexity of the college and financial aid application process, and in response to insufficient access to family or school-based counseling among …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Zach Sullivan (author)
Benjamin L. Castleman (author)
Eric Bettinger (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
college access
college advising
college success
scale
Post-secondary education
Access and admissions
Inequality
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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College Now...or Later: Measuring the Effects of Dual Enrollment on Postsecondary Access and Success

Description:
Research suggests that earning college credits in high school increases the likelihood of postsecondary progress and graduation. In this study, we measure the impact of …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Tolani Britton (author)
Birunda Chelliah (author)
Millie Symns (author)
Vandeen Campbell (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
Dual enrollment
college access
Post-secondary education
Access and admissions
Inequality
Program and policy effects
Race, ethnicity and culture
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Community College Pathways for Disadvantaged Students

Description:
In this paper we estimate the impacts of the “pathways” chosen by community college students—in terms of desired credentials and fields of study, as well …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Harry J. Holzer (author)
Zeyu Xu (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
community college
pathways
degrees
certificates
labor market value
Post-secondary education
Access and admissions
Inequality
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Complementarities between Early Educational Intervention and Later Educational Quality? A Systematic Review of the Sustaining Environments Hypothesis

Description:
The sustaining environments hypothesis refers to the popular idea, stemming from theories in developmental, cognitive, and educational psychology, that the long-term success of early educational …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Drew H. Bailey (author)
Jade M. Jenkins (author)
Daniela Alvarez-Vargas (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
education
achievement
meta-analysis
persistence and fadeout
intervention
Early childhood
Inequality
Methodology, measurement and data
Multiple outcomes of education
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Delayed Benefits: Effects of California School District Bond Elections on Achievement by Socioeconomic Status

Description:
Contradictory evidence of the relationship between education funding and student achievement could reflect heterogeneous effects by revenue source or student characteristics. This study examines potential …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Emily Rauscher (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
school funding
achievement
inequality
K-12 Education
Finance
Inequality
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Developing Ambitious Mathematics Instruction Through Web-Based Coaching: A Randomized Field Trial

Description:
This paper describes and evaluates a web-based coaching program designed to support teachers in implementing Common Core-aligned math instruction. Web-based coaching programs can be operated …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Matthew Kraft (author)
Heather Hill (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
Coaching
Teacher
Math Achievement
Instruction
Feedback
Randomized Control Trial
K-12 Education
Educator preparation, professional development, performance and evaluation
Multiple outcomes of education
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
Full Record

Disparities and Discrimination in Student Discipline by Race and Family Income

Description:
Black and poor students are suspended from U.S. schools at higher rates than white and non-poor students. While the existence of these disparities has been …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Nathan Barrett (author)
Andrew McEachin (author)
Jonathan Mills (author)
Jon Valant (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
Student discipline; inequality; achievement gaps
K-12 Education
Inequality
Race, ethnicity and culture
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Do Health Insurance Mandates Spillover to Education? Evidence from Michigan’s Autism Insurance Mandate

Description:
Social programs and mandates are usually studied in isolation even though they often interact closely with each other. Given the immense recent changes to health …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Riley Acton (author)
Scott Imberman (author)
Michael Lovenheim (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
Special Education
Health Insurance
Insurance Mandate
K-12 Education
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Do Voucher Students Attain Higher Levels of Education? Extended Evidence from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program

Description:
The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), the first modern private school choice program in the United States, has grown from 341 students attending 7 private …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Patrick J. Wolf (author)
John F. Witte (author)
Brian Kisida (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
School Choice
School Vouchers
Educational Attainment
College Graduation
Education Reform
K-12 Education
Markets (vouchers, choice, for-profits, vendors)
Multiple outcomes of education
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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Does a successful randomized experiment lead to successful policy? Project Challenge and what happened in Tennessee after Project STAR

Description:
Evidence-based policy is the practice of basing policy decisions on rigorous research evidence, such as randomized experiments. But it is unclear how often evidence-based decisions …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Paul T. von Hippel (author)
Chandi Wagner (author)
Genre:
grey literature
Subject:
class size
evidence-based policy
K-12 Education
Finance
Program and policy effects
Collection:
Annenberg Institute at Brown University Digital Archives
EdWorkingPapers.com Archive
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