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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:
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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
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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
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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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