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Working Papers

2021

1. School Reopenings, Mobility, and COVID-19 Spread: Evidence from Texas
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2015

2. Charter Schools: A Survey of Research on Their Characteristics and Effectiveness
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)

2010

3. Evaluating the Gifted Program of an Urban School District using a Modified Regression Discontinuity Design
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2009

4. Estimation of Causal Effects in Experiments with Multiple Sources of Noncompliance
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Undated

5. Achievement and Attainment in Chicago Charter Schools
   Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
6. Charter High Schools' Effects on Educational Attainment and Earnings (Issue Brief)
   Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
7. Charter High Schools' Effects on Long-Term Attainment and Earnings (Journal Article)
   Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
8. Charter High Schools' Effects on Long-Term Attainment and Earnings (Working Paper)
   Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
9. Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement (Journal Article)
   Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
10. Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement (Working Paper)
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
11. Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (40)
12. Evaluating the Performance of Philadelphia's Charter Schools
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
13. Examining Charter Student Achievement Effects Across Seven States
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Examining charter student achievement effects across seven states, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2012) View citations (21) (2012)
14. Going Beyond Test Scores: Evaluating Charter School Impact on Educational Attainment in Chicago and Florida
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (3)
15. The Effects of Charter High Schools on Educational Attainment
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article The Effects of Charter High Schools on Educational Attainment, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2011) View citations (43) (2011)
16. The Unknown World of Charter High Schools
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
17. Title I School Choice, Supplemental Educational Services, and Student Achievement
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (7)

Journal Articles

2022

1. A Descriptive Analysis of Cream Skimming and Pushout in Choice versus Traditional Public Schools
   Education Finance and Policy, 2022, 17, (1), 160-187

2018

2. How does grade configuration impact student achievement in elementary and middle school grades?
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 105, (C), 1-19

2016

3. Charter High Schools’ Effects on Long‐Term Attainment and Earnings
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016, 35, (3), 683-706 View citations (5)
4. Does Investing in School Capital Infrastructure Improve Student Achievement?
   Economics of Education Review, 2016, 53, (C), 143-158 View citations (23)

2014

5. Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement
   Education Finance and Policy, 2014, 9, (1), 59-85 View citations (4)
6. Evaluating Education Programs That Have Lotteried Admission and Selective Attrition
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32, (1), 27 - 63 View citations (11)

2013

7. Bounding the Impact of a Gifted Program on Student Retention Using a Modified Regression Discontinuity Design
   Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2013, (111-112), 10-34 View citations (7)
8. Choice in a World of New School Types
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013, 32, (4), 785-806 View citations (12)

2012

9. Closing schools in a shrinking district: Do student outcomes depend on which schools are closed?
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2012, 71, (2), 189-203 View citations (42)
10. Examining charter student achievement effects across seven states
    Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31, (2), 213-224 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Examining Charter Student Achievement Effects Across Seven States, Mathematica Policy Research Reports View citations (7)
11. Two decades of charter schools: Expectations, reality, and the future
    Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31, (2), 209-212 View citations (5)

2011

12. The Effects of Charter High Schools on Educational Attainment
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29, (2), 377 - 415 View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Charter High Schools on Educational Attainment, Mathematica Policy Research Reports View citations (17)

2010

13. After-school tutoring in the context of no Child Left Behind: Effectiveness of two programs in the Pittsburgh Public Schools
    Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (1), 18-28 View citations (21)

2008

14. School attendance and district and school size
    Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27, (2), 140-148 View citations (5)

2006

15. Charter school performance in two large urban districts
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2006, 60, (2), 307-326 View citations (23)

2005

16. Student achievement in charter schools: A complex picture
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005, 24, (2), 351-371 View citations (22)
17. Unintended Consequence of Centralized Public School Funding in Michigan Education
    Southern Economic Journal, 2005, 71, (3), 534-544 View citations (2)

2004

18. Examining Federal Impact Aid's Reimbursement for Local School Districts
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2004, 22, (4), 534-543
19. The political dynamics of school choice: Negotiating contested rerrain
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2004, 23, (4), 929-932

2003

20. A new twist in the educational tracking debate
    Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22, (3), 307-315 View citations (21)

2002

21. Public Provision and Performance: Contributions from Efficiency and Productivity Measurement: Jos L.T. Blank (Ed.); Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 2000, pp. v+412. Price $95 cloth
    Economics of Education Review, 2002, 21, (2), 191-192

2001

22. Examining the impact of capital on academic achievement
    Economics of Education Review, 2001, 20, (6), 577-588 View citations (22)

2000

23. Peer effects in private and public schools across countries
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2000, 19, (1), 75-92 View citations (86)

Chapters

2016

1. Charter Schools
   Elsevier View citations (6)