Jessica Goldstein

Did Spending Cuts During the Great Recession Really Cause Student Outcomes to Decline?

Jessica Goldstein, Josh B. McGee. March 2021

Topics: Staffing, Finance, and Operations

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Jackson, Wigger, and Xiong (2020a, JWX) provide evidence that education spending reductions following the Great Recession had widespread negative impacts on student achievement and attainment. This paper describes our process of duplicating JWX and highlights a variety of tests we employ to… more →
03/2021
The Effect of School District Consolidation on Student Achievement: Evidence from Arkansas

Josh B. McGee, Jonathan Mills, Jessica Goldstein. January 2021

Topics: Policy, Politics, and Governance

Tags: School districts, School reform

School district consolidation is one of the most widespread education reforms of the last century, but surprisingly little research has directly investigated its effectiveness. To examine the impact of consolidation on student achievement, this study takes advantage of a policy that requires the… more →
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