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Homelessness and Student Outcomes by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and School Level
… A substantial number of U.S. students experience homelessness, yet our … 40,000 students who experienced homelessness, to examine the associations between homelessness and academic and behavioral outcomes. Our data indicate that …A substantial number of U.S. students experience homelessness, yet our understanding of how homelessness shapes student outcomes is limited. We use seven years of longitudinal data on Indiana students in kindergarten through eighth grade, including more than 40,000 students who experienced homelessness, to examine the associations between homelessness and academic and behavioral outcomes. Our… more →
Transitioning Teacher Talent: An Ethnoracial Descriptive Portrait of the Paraprofessional-to-Teacher Pipeline in New York City Public Schools
… Districts nationwide seek to diversify the educator workforce, yet pathways for paraprofessionals—typically more ethnoracially and linguistically diverse than the general teacher … need for targeted support to strengthen both the retention of paraprofessionals and their success as classroom teachers …Districts nationwide seek to diversify the educator workforce, yet pathways for paraprofessionals—typically more ethnoracially and linguistically diverse than the general teacher pipeline—remain understudied. Using administrative data from New York City Public Schools (NYCPS), this study examines paraprofessionals’ demographic, transition, and exit patterns. Between 2016–17 and 2023–24, the… more →
Behind the Scenes: Faculty-Staff Collaboration in a Student Success Effort
… success often involve supports that are external to the college classroom, although there is growing evidence … This paper explores the challenges that arise when faculty and staff collaborate to improve student success as well as … the organizational changes that support the implementation of a low-touch, technology-based intervention. Drawing on …Interventions to improve postsecondary student success often involve supports that are external to the college classroom, although there is growing evidence that faculty involvement in interventions can improve student outcomes. This paper explores the challenges that arise when faculty and staff collaborate to improve student success as well as the organizational changes that support the… more →
Examining Racial Disparities in School Discipline Throughout the Pandemic
… This study explores trends and disparities in school discipline during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the persistence of racial gaps in exclusionary practices. Using student-level …This study explores trends and disparities in school discipline during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the persistence of racial gaps in exclusionary practices. Using student-level data from Arkansas from 2017/18 to 2022/23, we study how disciplinary outcomes relate to student race while controlling for factors such as the type and frequency of infractions, as well as the school level (… more →
Addressing Threats to Validity in Supervised Machine Learning: A Framework and Best Practices for Education Researchers
… Given the rapid adoption of machine learning methods by education researchers, and growing acknowledgement of their inherent risks, there is …Given the rapid adoption of machine learning methods by education researchers, and growing acknowledgement of their inherent risks, there is an urgent need for tailored methodological guidance on how to improve and evaluate the validity of inferences drawn from these methods. Drawing upon an integrative literature review and extending a well-known framework for theorizing validity in the social… more →
Less is More: The Causal Effect of Four-Day School Weeks on Employee Turnover
… The use of four-day school weeks (4dsw) in the United States has … schools in some locales have adopted 4dsw to recruit and retain staff. This paper examines the effect of 4dsw … by leveraging a staggered roll-out of the schedule using a difference-in-differences design. We find that …The use of four-day school weeks (4dsw) in the United States has expanded rapidly over the past two decades. Previous work examines the impact of 4dsw on student outcomes, but little research to date examines the effect on school employees even though schools in some locales have adopted 4dsw to recruit and retain staff. This paper examines the effect of 4dsw adoption in Oregon, a state with… more →
A Quantitative Study of Mathematical Language in Upper Elementary Classrooms
… This study provides the first large-scale quantitative exploration of mathematical language use in upper elementary U.S. … processing techniques to describe variation in teachers’ and students’ use of mathematical language in 1,657 fourth …This study provides the first large-scale quantitative exploration of mathematical language use in upper elementary U.S. classrooms. Our approach employs natural language processing techniques to describe variation in teachers’ and students’ use of mathematical language in 1,657 fourth and fifth grade lessons in 317 classrooms in four districts over three years. Students’ exposure to mathematical… more →
Structured Reporting Guidelines for Classroom Intervention Research
… Inconsistent reporting of critical facets of classroom interventions and their related impact evaluations hinders the field’s ability to describe and synthesize the existing …Inconsistent reporting of critical facets of classroom interventions and their related impact evaluations hinders the field’s ability to describe and synthesize the existing evidence base. In this essay, we present a set of reporting guidelines intended to steer authors of classroom intervention studies toward providing more systematic reporting of key intervention features and setting-level… more →
Some Promises are Worth More than Others: How “Free Community College” Programs impact Postsecondary Participation, Destinations, and Degree Completion
… as addressing college access, affordability, inequality, and skills shortages. Many are last-dollar tuition guarantees … community colleges. Using student-level data spanning the transition to college, we investigate how two similar … … Finance … Inequality … Program and policy effects … Some Promises are Worth More than Others: How “Free Community …“Free college” programs are widespread in American higher education. They are discussed as addressing college access, affordability, inequality, and skills shortages. Many are last-dollar tuition guarantees restricted to use at single community colleges. Using student-level data spanning the transition to college, we investigate how two similar local community college tuition guarantees in… more →
How Measurement Affects Causal Inference: Attenuation Bias is (Usually) More Important Than Scoring Weights
… effects on test scores, researchers face many choices and competing guidance for scoring tests and modeling results. This study examines the impact of scoring choices through simulation and an empirical …When analyzing treatment effects on test scores, researchers face many choices and competing guidance for scoring tests and modeling results. This study examines the impact of scoring choices through simulation and an empirical application. Results show that estimates from multiple methods applied to the same data will vary because two-step models using sum or factor scores provide attenuated… more →
The Role and Influence of Exclusively Online Degree Programs in Higher Education
… This study leverages national data and a quasi-experimental design to examine the influence of enrolling in an exclusively online degree program on …This study leverages national data and a quasi-experimental design to examine the influence of enrolling in an exclusively online degree program on students’ likelihood of completing their degree. We find that enrolling in an exclusively online degree program had a negative influence on students’ likelihood of completing their bachelor’s degree or any degree when compared to their otherwise-… more →
Teacher Shortages: A Framework for Understanding and Predicting Vacancies
… develop a unifying conceptual framework for understanding and predicting teacher shortages at the state, region, district, and school levels. We then … unfilled teaching positions in Tennessee during the fall of 2019. We find that teacher staffing challenges are highly …We develop a unifying conceptual framework for understanding and predicting teacher shortages at the state, region, district, and school levels. We then generate and test hypotheses about geographic and subject variation in teacher shortages using data on unfilled teaching positions in Tennessee during the fall of 2019. We find that teacher staffing challenges are highly localized, causing… more →
Estimating the Impact of Temporary COVID-19 College Closures on the 2020 Census Count
… Temporary college closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic created an exodus of students from college towns just as the decennial census … government funding allocations, policy program decisions, and planning for infrastructure, public health, and more. The …Temporary college closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic created an exodus of students from college towns just as the decennial census count was getting underway. We use aggregate cellular mobility data to evaluate if this population movement affected the distributional accuracy of the 2020 Census. Based on the outflow of devices in late March 2020, we estimate that counties with a college… more →
The Limited Impact of Free College Policies
… Despite the growing popularity of free college proposals, countries with higher college … but not higher graduation rates. To capture this evidence and evaluate potential free college policies, we rely on a …Despite the growing popularity of free college proposals, countries with higher college subsidies tend to have higher enrollment rates but not higher graduation rates. To capture this evidence and evaluate potential free college policies, we rely on a dynamic model of college enrollment, performance, and graduation estimated using rich student-level data from Colombia. In the model, student… more →
They Only Hate the Term: Explaining Opposition to History Curriculum Policy and Critical Race Theory
… The George Floyd Protests of the Summer of 2020 initiated public conversations around … How does critical race theory factor in? Using a series of original survey experiments, this study … curriculum … Jonathan E. Collins … Policy, Politics, and Governance … K-12 Education … Race, ethnicity, and …The George Floyd Protests of the Summer of 2020 initiated public conversations around the need for antiracist teaching. Yet, over time the discussion evolved into policy debates around the use of Critical Race Theory in civics courses. The rapid transition masked the fact that we know little about Americans' policy preferences. Do Americans support antiracist teaching? What factors best explain… more →
Two Years Later: How COVID-19 has Shaped the Teacher Workforce
… The unprecedented challenges of teaching during COVID-19 prompted fears of a mass exodus … We examine the extent to which these fears were realized using administrative records of Massachusetts teachers between 2015-16 and 2021-22. Relative to pre-pandemic levels, average …The unprecedented challenges of teaching during COVID-19 prompted fears of a mass exodus from the profession. We examine the extent to which these fears were realized using administrative records of Massachusetts teachers between 2015-16 and 2021-22. Relative to pre-pandemic levels, average turnover rates were similar going into the fall of 2020 but increased by 17 percent going into the fall of… more →
The Dynamics and Measurement of High School Homelessness and Achievement Disparities
… disparities between students who experience homelessness and those who do not. U sing administrative student-level … data from a mid-sized public school district in the Southern United States, we show that commonly used ways of defining which students are considered homeless can yield …There is no national consensus on how school districts calculate high school achievement disparities between students who experience homelessness and those who do not. Using administrative student-level data from a mid-sized public school district in the Southern United States, we show that commonly used ways of defining which students are considered homeless can yield markedly different… more →
A Descriptive Analysis of Cream Skimming and Pushout in Choice versus Traditional Public Schools
… One of the controversies surrounding charter schools is whether … students. We use these terms strictly for brevity and acknowledge that many of the reasons that students are … from Tennessee and North Carolina and linear probability models to examine whether there is evidence consistent with …One of the controversies surrounding charter schools is whether these schools may either “cream skim” high-performing students from traditional public schools or “pushout” low-achieving students or students with discipline histories, leaving traditional public schools to educate the most challenging students. We use these terms strictly for brevity and acknowledge that many of the reasons that… more →
Nudges Don’t Work When the Benefits Are Ambiguous: Evidence from a High-Stakes Education Program
… The Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer … individuals for whom the transfer benefits are clear and individuals for whom the net-benefits are significantly more ambiguous. We find no impact of a one-time email about benefits transfer among service …The Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer generous education benefits to a dependent. We run a large scale experiment that encourages service members to consider the transfer option among a population that includes individuals for whom the transfer benefits are clear and individuals for whom the net-benefits are significantly more ambiguous. We find no impact of a one-time email… more →
Promises and limitations of nudging in education
… This article takes stock of where the field of behavioral science applied to education policy seems to be at, which avenues seem promising and which ones seem like dead ends. I present a curated set … … Parents and communities … Program and policy effects … Promises and limitations of nudging in education …This article takes stock of where the field of behavioral science applied to education policy seems to be at, which avenues seem promising and which ones seem like dead ends. I present a curated set of studies rather than an exhaustive literature review, categorizing interventions by whether they nudge (keep options intact) or “shove” (restrict choice), and whether they apply a high or low touch… more →
Comprehensive Support and Student Success: Can Out of School Time Make a Difference?
… comprehensive program that provides education, nutrition, and social support services to disadvantaged students outside of the regular school day. In this paper I investigate the …StudentU is a comprehensive program that provides education, nutrition, and social support services to disadvantaged students outside of the regular school day. In this paper I investigate the effects of this multi-year program on the early high school outcomes of participating students by exploiting data from oversubscribed admissions lotteries. I estimate that lottery winners who entered the… more →
Taking It to the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Attainment, Earnings, and Financial Well-Being
… Growing reliance on student loans and repayment difficulties have raised concerns of a student debt crisis in the United States. However, little is known about the effects …Growing reliance on student loans and repayment difficulties have raised concerns of a student debt crisis in the United States. However, little is known about the effects of student borrowing on human capital and long-run financial well-being. We use variation induced by recent expansions in federal loan limits, together with administrative schooling, earnings, and credit records, to identify… more →
The effects of English language development curriculum materials on students’ English proficiency
… development (ELD) curricular materials are one part of an instructional program, we assess this mandate by examining the effectiveness of ELD materials in Texas. Using local … weights with regression adjustment, kernel matching, and nearest neighbor matching--and a comparative interrupted …Castañeda v. Pickard (1981) mandated that educational programs for emergent bilinguals be tested for program efficacy. Since English language development (ELD) curricular materials are one part of an instructional program, we assess this mandate by examining the effectiveness of ELD materials in Texas. Using local linear matching, we find that schools that do not purchase any ELD curricula have… more →
Targeted Interventions in High School: Preparing Students for College
… This study adds to the currently limited evidence base on the efficacy of interventions targeting non-college-ready high school … test scores. Using difference-in-regression discontinuity and difference-in-difference designs with seven cohorts of …This study adds to the currently limited evidence base on the efficacy of interventions targeting non-college-ready high school students by examining the impact of Kentucky’s Targeted Interventions (TI) program. We focus on interventions that students received under TI in the senior year of high school based on their 11th grade ACT test scores. Using difference-in-regression discontinuity and… more →
Mitigating the Gender Gap in the Willingness to Compete: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
… We evaluate the impact on competitiveness of a randomized educational intervention that aims to foster … The intervention is implemented in elementary schools, and we measure its impact using a dynamic competition task …We evaluate the impact on competitiveness of a randomized educational intervention that aims to foster grit, a skill that is highly predictive of achievement. The intervention is implemented in elementary schools, and we measure its impact using a dynamic competition task with interim performance feedback. We find that when children are exposed to a worldview that emphasizes the role of effort in… more →
Students with Growth Mindset Learn More in School: Evidence from California’s CORE School Districts
… While the importance of social-emotional learning for student success is well established, educators and researchers have less knowledge and agreement about which … and how these skills distribute across student subgroups. Using a rich longitudinal dataset of 221,840 fourth through …While the importance of social-emotional learning for student success is well established, educators and researchers have less knowledge and agreement about which social-emotional skills are most important for students and how these skills distribute across student subgroups. Using a rich longitudinal dataset of 221,840 fourth through seventh grade students in California districts, this paper… more →
Breaking the Cycle? Intergenerational Effects of an Anti-Poverty Program in Early Childhood
… Despite substantial evidence that resources and outcomes are transmitted across generations, there has been limited inquiry into the extent to which anti-poverty programs actually disrupt the cycle of bad outcomes. We explore how the effects of the United …Despite substantial evidence that resources and outcomes are transmitted across generations, there has been limited inquiry into the extent to which anti-poverty programs actually disrupt the cycle of bad outcomes. We explore how the effects of the United States’ largest early childhood program, Head Start, transfer across generations. We leverage the rollout of this federally funded, means-… more →
A comparison of postsecondary outcomes for Army service members, Veterans, and civilians
… education, there is relatively little evidence documenting the postsecondary trajectories of military service members after they return to civilian … how U.S. Army service member college enrollment and progression trends compare to a similar population of …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 life. In the current report we investigate how U.S. Army service member college enrollment and progression trends compare to a similar population of civilians, using Army administrative personnel data merged… more →
Beyond the One-Teacher Model: Experimental Evidence on Using Embedded Paraprofessionals as Personalized Instructors
… a promising model for differentiating instruction within the classroom. This study examines two randomized controlled trials of paraprofessional-led tutoring in early-grade math and literacy. However, intent-to-treat (ITT) analyses …Using embedded paraprofessionals to provide personalized instruction is a promising model for differentiating instruction within the classroom. This study examines two randomized controlled trials of paraprofessional-led tutoring in early-grade math and literacy. However, intent-to-treat (ITT) analyses revealed no overall achievement impacts for either program. We then explore two mechanisms that… more →
Investing in the Teacher Workforce: Experimental Evidence on Teachers’ Preferences
… While investing in the teacher workforce is central to improving schools, school … discrete choice survey experiment with a national sample of 1,030 U.S. teachers, we estimate how much teachers value … value access to special education specialists, counselors, and nurses more than a 10% salary increase or 3-student …While investing in the teacher workforce is central to improving schools, school resources are notoriously limited, forcing school leaders to make difficult decisions on how to prioritize funds. This paper examines a critical input to resource allocation decisions: teacher preferences. Using an original, online discrete choice survey experiment with a national sample of 1,030 U.S. teachers, we… more →
Does Increased Agency Improve the Effectiveness of Self-Directed Professional Learning for Educators?
… The role of teacher agency in professional learning has been the … but has not yet been tested in an experimental setting. To provide causal evidence of the impact of teacher agency on … learning resources, including training modules and teaching simulations. For this motivated subset of …The role of teacher agency in professional learning has been the subject of several qualitative studies but has not yet been tested in an experimental setting. To provide causal evidence of the impact of teacher agency on the effectiveness of professional learning, we conducted a preregistered randomized controlled trial in an online computer science course with volunteer instructors who teach… more →
Hold Harmless for Whom? The Impact of COVID Era Policies on School Funding, Teachers, and Students
… This study evaluates the fiscal and academic consequences of New York City’s hold harmless policy during COVID-19, …This study evaluates the fiscal and academic consequences of New York City’s hold harmless policy during COVID-19, which aimed to stabilize school expenditures amid unexpected enrollment declines by restoring schools’ funding up to initial levels. We examine how school racial composition predicts whether or when schools receive hold harmless “treatment” and assess the impact of hold harmless on… more →
Institutional Resources or Changing Compositions? Unpacking Neighborhood Effects on Education
… Children in neighborhoods marked by concentrated poverty and racial isolation face persistent educational barriers, yet the mechanisms underlying neighborhood effects remain poorly … understood. This study employs a multi-method analysis of the Near North Side Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) …Children in neighborhoods marked by concentrated poverty and racial isolation face persistent educational barriers, yet the mechanisms underlying neighborhood effects remain poorly understood. This study employs a multi-method analysis of the Near North Side Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) in St. Louis, Missouri—the nation's largest mixed-income redevelopment program—to unpack two core… more →
Embrace, Contradiction, or Prohibition: A National Scan of State Policies for Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education
… This qualitative document review is a national scan of state policies pertaining to culturally responsive and sustaining education (CRSE) as of September 2025. We … how CRSE is taken up in states’ teaching standards and the extent to which states’ policy environments are …This qualitative document review is a national scan of state policies pertaining to culturally responsive and sustaining education (CRSE) as of September 2025. We present a typology of states—CRSE Forward, CRSE Conflicted, CRSE Limited, and CRSE Prohibitive—reflecting how CRSE is taken up in states’ teaching standards and the extent to which states’ policy environments are supportive of CRSE. Our… more →
Math coursetaking trajectories in high school during the COVID-19 disruptions to schooling
… Using student-level transcript data and information about instructional mode among public high school students in Massachusetts, this study examines the impact of disruptions to in-person instruction during the COVID-19 …Using student-level transcript data and information about instructional mode among public high school students in Massachusetts, this study examines the impact of disruptions to in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic on students’ math coursetaking trajectories. We find that rates of advancement (that is, of taking a higher-level math course in one year compared to the prior year)… more →
Making the Implicit Explicit: An Experiment with Implicit Gender Stereotypes and College Major Choice
… We study whether making college students aware of their implicit gender–STEM stereotypes affects their … completed a gender–STEM Implicit Association Test (IAT) and a detailed survey on major preferences and beliefs. … choice among men, but decreased STEM outcomes among women. The decline for women is concentrated among underrepresented …We study whether making college students aware of their implicit gender–STEM stereotypes affects their pursuit of a STEM degree. In a field experiment at a large, selective U.S. university, over 800 undergraduates completed a gender–STEM Implicit Association Test (IAT) and a detailed survey on major preferences and beliefs. Students were randomly assigned to receive feedback about their IAT… more →
Higher Education as Regional Development: Labor Market Impacts of Nigeria’s 2011 Federal University Expansion
… This paper examines the causal impact of higher education expansion on regional labor markets and human capital development. Exploiting the 2011 …This paper examines the causal impact of higher education expansion on regional labor markets and human capital development. Exploiting the 2011 establishment of nine federal universities across previously underserved Nigerian states, we implement a difference-in-differences approach to analyze effects on employment, wages, job quality, and sectoral composition. Our results show significant… more →
Puzzling Over Declining Academic Achievement
… Many are concerned about the large decline in K-12 student achievement since 2019. And rightly so, given what it signals about student learning … in student achievement growth that followed 30 years of increases. We examine the nature of achievement decline as …Many are concerned about the large decline in K-12 student achievement since 2019. And rightly so, given what it signals about student learning and later life outcomes. Less noted is the pre-pandemic sustained decline in student achievement growth that followed 30 years of increases. We examine the nature of achievement decline as measured by national and state NAEP scores to better understand… more →
The Correlated Proxy Problem: Why Control Variables can Obscure the Contribution of Selection Processes to Group-Level Inequality
… inequalities is an important societal question. In the context of observational data, researchers, concerned about … framework that clearly defines the quantity of interest and argue that researchers should only control for the extent …Whether selection processes contribute to group-level disparities or merely reflect pre-existing inequalities is an important societal question. In the context of observational data, researchers, concerned about omitted-variable bias, assess selection-contributing inequality via a kitchen-sink approach, comparing selection outcomes of different-group individuals net of various characteristics. We… more →
Noncredit Workforce Training, Industry Credentials, and Labor Market Outcomes
… credentials, but little research has been conducted on the economic benefits of these credentials in the labor market. This paper provides … model to estimate earnings premia net of fixed attributes and earnings time-trends. Our results indicate that earning …Many public workforce training programs lead to industry-recognized, third-party awarded credentials, but little research has been conducted on the economic benefits of these credentials in the labor market. This paper provides quasi-experimental evidence on the labor market returns to industry-recognized credentials connected to community college workforce noncredit training programs. Based on… more →
Computer Science for All? The Impact of High School Computer Science Courses on College Majors and Earnings
… This study provides the first causal analysis of the impact of expanding Computer Science (CS) education in U.S. K-12 schools on students’ choice of college major and early career outcomes. Utilizing rich longitudinal data …This study provides the first causal analysis of the impact of expanding Computer Science (CS) education in U.S. K-12 schools on students’ choice of college major and early career outcomes. Utilizing rich longitudinal data from Maryland, we exploit variation from the staggered rollout of CS course offerings across high schools. Our findings suggest that taking a CS course increases students’… more →
Making Moves: The Role of Demotion in School Leadership
… This study examines the experience of demotion from a principalship to an assistant principalship and how race and gender can differentially impact career …This study examines the experience of demotion from a principalship to an assistant principalship and how race and gender can differentially impact career trajectories. Using administrative state dataset of 10,946 observations at the principal level, we used probit regression to determine the overall probability of demotion and Kaplan Meier survival analysis to estimate the differences in… more →
Opening the Black Box of College Major Choice: Evidence from an Information Intervention
… We study the importance of job-related and non-job-related factors in students’ college major choices. Using a staggered intervention that allows us to provide …We study the importance of job-related and non-job-related factors in students’ college major choices. Using a staggered intervention that allows us to provide students information about many different aspects of majors and to compare the magnitudes of the effects of each piece of information, we show that major choices depend on a wide set of factors. While students do not change their choices… more →
Effectiveness of Tier 1 Content-Integrated Literacy Intervention on Early Elementary English Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Writing: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trial
… The current study replicated and extended the previous findings of content-integrated literacy intervention focusing on its … … James S. Kim … Patrick Rich … Student Learning … K-12 Education … Reading and literacy education … Elementary …The current study replicated and extended the previous findings of content-integrated literacy intervention focusing on its effectiveness on first- and second-grade English learners’ (N = 1,314) reading comprehension, writing, vocabulary knowledge, and oral proficiency. Statistically significant findings were replicated on science and social studies vocabulary knowledge (ES = .51 and .53,… more →
School Discipline and Racial Disparities in Early Adulthood
… Despite interest in the role of school discipline in the creation of racial inequality, … data to document the links between high school discipline and important young adult outcomes related to criminal …Despite interest in the role of school discipline in the creation of racial inequality, previous research has been unable to identify how students who receive suspensions in school differ from unsuspended classmates on key young adult outcomes. We utilize novel data to document the links between high school discipline and important young adult outcomes related to criminal justice contact, social… more →
Sharing the Wealth: How Regional Finance and Desegregation Plans Can Enhance Educational Equity
… Most racial and ethnic segregation—and most financial inequities—in … three examples (Boston, MA; Hartford, CT; and Omaha, NE) to explore how interdistrict desegregation plans with … strategies have been designed, financed, and implemented. The report describes programs’ academic and social outcomes …Most racial and ethnic segregation—and most financial inequities—in American public schools occur between, not within, school districts. Solving these problems often requires interdistrict solutions based on cooperation within regions. This report uses three examples (Boston, MA; Hartford, CT; and Omaha, NE) to explore how interdistrict desegregation plans with innovative funding strategies have… more →
The Effects of a Comprehensive College Transition Program on Psychosocial Factors Associated with Success in College
… We examine the effects of a comprehensive college transition program (CCTP) on four … with postsecondary success: sense of belonging, mattering, and academic and social self-efficacy. The CCTP operates on …We examine the effects of a comprehensive college transition program (CCTP) on four psychosocial outcomes associated with postsecondary success: sense of belonging, mattering, and academic and social self-efficacy. The CCTP operates on three four-year campuses and includes a range of supports, including shared academic courses, peer mentoring, and residential or common community spaces. We… more →
Improving Student Teachers’ Feelings of Preparedness to Teach Through Recruitment of Instructionally Effective and Experienced Cooperating Teachers: A Randomized Experiment
… teacher education programs feel better prepared to teach and are more instructionally effective when they learned to … to use historical administrative on teachers to recommend the most instructionally effective and experienced teachers … and experienced cooperating teachers and presents some of the first evidence that learning to teach with …Prior work suggests that recent graduates from teacher education programs feel better prepared to teach and are more instructionally effective when they learned to teach with more instructionally effective cooperating teachers. However, we do not know if these relationships are causal. Even if they are, we do not know if it is possible to recruit cooperating teachers who are, on average,… more →
Selling Student Success: A Critical Analysis of Predictive Analytics Vendors in Higher Education
… from 15 vendors to examine these companies’ marketing of predictive analytics. Drawing on Snow and Benford’s (1988) framing theory, we investigated how they construct the problem of student success and how they portray students …As predictive analytics become increasingly embedded in higher education, commercial vendors offering these tools play a growing role in shaping institutional decision making, particularly through identifying students deemed “at risk.” In this qualitative study, we analyzed 132 publicly available materials from 15 vendors to examine these companies’ marketing of predictive analytics. Drawing on… more →
The Impact of International Students on US Colleges: Higher Education as a Service Export
… Between 2003 and 2016, international enrollment in US higher education … institutions’ historical networks with different origins of international students, income growth, and exchange-rate … and organizations … Race, ethnicity and culture … The Impact of International Students on US Colleges: Higher …Between 2003 and 2016, international enrollment in US higher education nearly doubled. We examine how trade shocks in education affect public universities’ decision-making. We construct a shift-share instrument exploiting institutions’ historical networks with different origins of international students, income growth, and exchange-rate fluctuations. Contrary to claims that US-born students are… more →