Education Finance and Policy

2006 - 2025

Current editor(s): Stephanie Riegg Cellini and Randall Reback

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Volume 18, issue 4, 2023

Introducing the New Editorial Team pp. 565-567

Li Feng and Cassandra Hart

Leveraging Experimental and Observational Evidence to Assess the Generalizability of the Effects of Early Colleges in North Carolina pp. 568-596

Sarah Fuller, Douglas Lee Lauen and Fatih Unlu

Gaining, Losing, and Regaining Merit-based Scholarships pp. 597-622

David Ribar and Ross Rubenstein

Private Schools and Student Achievement pp. 623-653

Ebrahim Azimi, Jane Friesen and Simon Woodcock

Testing, Teacher Turnover, and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools pp. 654-675

Dillon Fuchsman, Tim R. Sass and Gema Zamarro

Let's Tweet Again? Social Networks and Literature Achievement in High School Students pp. 676-707

Gian Paolo Barbetta, Paolo Canino and Stefano Cima

Paying for Free Lunch: The Impact of CEP Universal Free Meals on Revenues, Spending, and Student Health pp. 708-737

Michah W. Rothbart, Amy Schwartz and Emily Gutierrez

Racial Differences in Student Access to High-Quality Teachers pp. 738-752

Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen Ladd and Calen R. Clifton

Volume 18, issue 3, 2023

Do College Applicants Respond to Changes in Sticker Prices Even When They Don't Matter? pp. 365-394

Phillip Levine, Jennifer Ma and Lauren C. Russell

Spending More on the Poor? A Comprehensive Summary of State-Specific Responses to School Finance Reforms from 1990–2014 pp. 395-422

Kenneth A. Shores, Christopher A. Candelaria and Sarah E. Kabourek

Sibling Gender Effects on Test Scores pp. 423-441

Hyunkuk Cho

A Classroom Observer Like Me: The Effects of Race-Congruence and Gender-Congruence between Teachers and Raters on Observation Scores pp. 442-466

Olivia L. Chi

Does Developmental Education Reform Help or Hinder the Success of Language Minority Students? An Exploration by Language Minority, ESOL, and Foreign-Born Status pp. 467-497

Christine G. Mokher, Toby J. Park-Gaghan and Shouping Hu

Research Grants Crowding Out and Crowding In Donations to Higher Education pp. 498-521

Grant Gannaway, Garth Heutel and Michael Price

COVID-19 Crisis, Economic Hardships, and Schooling Outcomes pp. 522-546

Esther Gehrke, Friederike Lenel and Claudia Schupp

Data Access and the Study of Educational Equity: Implications from a National School Boundary Data Collection Effort pp. 547-563

Sarah Asson, Erica Frankenberg, Annie Maselli, Ian Burfoot-Rochford, Christopher S. Fowler and Ruth Krebs Buck

Volume 18, issue 2, 2023

An Invitation to Discomfort in Pursuit of Diversity, Inclusion, and Excellence pp. 173-180

Katharine O. Strunk

Teachers’ Preferences for Proximity and the Implications for Staffing Schools: Evidence from Peru pp. 181-212

Eleonora Bertoni, Gregory Elacqua, Diana Hincapié, Carolina Méndez and Diana Paredese

Race to the Tablet? The Impact of a Personalized Tablet Educational Program pp. 213-231

Elizabeth Setren

Pencils Down? Computerized Testing and Student Achievement pp. 232-252

John Gordanier, Orgul Ozturk and Crystal Zhan

CTE Teacher Licensure and Long-Term Student Outcomes pp. 253-276

Bingjie Chen, Shaun Dougherty, Dan Goldhaber, Kristian Holden and Roddy Theobald

The Effects of Campus Shootings on School Finance and Student Composition pp. 277-301

Lang (Kate) Yang and Maithreyi Gopalan

The Impact of Principal Attrition and Replacement on Indicators of School Quality pp. 302-318

Marcus A. Winters, Brian Kisida and Ikhee Cho

Can Community Crime Monitoring Reduce Student Absenteeism? pp. 319-350

Sarah Komisarow and Robert Gonzalez

Student Transportation in Choice-Rich Districts: Implementation Challenges and Responses pp. 351-364

Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj

Volume 18, issue 1, 2023

The Effect of Extra School Funding on Students' Academic Achievements under a Centralized School Financing System pp. 1-24

Hosung Sohn, Heeran Park and Haeil Jung

How Much Does Public School Facility Funding Depend on Property Wealth? pp. 25-51

Eric J. Brunner, David Schwegman and Jeffrey M. Vincent

Advanced Placement and Initial College Enrollment: Evidence from an Experiment pp. 52-73

Dylan Conger, Mark Long and Raymond McGhee, Jr.

The Effects of Delivering Personalized Course Recommendations at Scale on Advanced Placement Participation and Performance pp. 74-96

Zachary Mabel, Michael D. Hurwitz, Matea Pender and Brooke White

School's Out: How Summer Youth Employment Programs Impact Academic Outcomes pp. 97-126

Alicia Modestino and Richard Paulsen

The Dynamic Effects of a Summer Learning Program on Behavioral Engagement in School pp. 127-155

Jaymes Pyne, Erica Messner and Thomas Dee

What Happened to the K-12 Education Labor Market During COVID? The Acute Need for Better Data Systems pp. 156-172

Joshua F. Bleiberg and Matthew A. Kraft

Volume 17, issue 4, 2022

Comprehensive Support and Student Success: Can Out of School Time Make a Difference? pp. 579-607

Sarah Komisarow

Long-run Trends in the U.S. SES-Achievement Gap pp. 608-640

Eric Hanushek, Jacob D. Light, Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey and Ludger Woessmann

Reforming Teacher Pension Plans: The Case of Kansas, the First Teacher Cash Balance Plan pp. 641-665

Robert M. Costrell

The Impact of Teacher Labor Market Reforms on Student Achievement: Evidence from Michigan pp. 666-692

Kaitlin P. Anderson, Joshua M. Cowen and Katharine O. Strunk

The Effect of Bonuses on Teacher Retention and Student Learning in Rural Schools: A Story of Spillovers pp. 693-718

Juan Castro and Bruno Esposito

The Impact of Corequisite Math on Community College Student Outcomes: Evidence from Texas pp. 719-744

Akiva Meiselman and Lauren Schudde

The Impact of COVID-19 on Community College Enrollment and Student Success: Evidence from California Administrative Data pp. 745-764

George Bulman and Robert Fairlie

Volume 17, issue 3, 2022

The Pathway to Enrolling in a High-Performance High School: Understanding Barriers to Access pp. 379-407

Lauren Sartain and Lisa Barrow

Racial Diversity and Measuring Merit: Evidence from Boston's Exam School Admissions pp. 408-431

Melanie Rucinski and Joshua Goodman

Improving Graduation Rates in the Two-to-Four Pathway to Bachelor's Degrees pp. 432-453

Zhengren Zhu

Did Gainful Employment Regulations Result in College and Program Closures? pp. 454-478

Robert Kelchen and Zhuoyao Liu

Can Technology Transform Communication Between Schools, Teachers, and Parents? Evidence from a Randomized Field Trial pp. 479-510

Matthew Kraft and Alexander J. Bolves

Your Pay or Someone Else's? Exploring Salary Dispersion, Position, and Principal Turnover pp. 511-540

Andrew Pendola

Teacher Incentives and Student Performance: Evidence from Brazil pp. 541-563

Andrea Lepine

Balancing State and Local Power over School Districts' Finances pp. 564-577

Kristine L. Bowman and Dirk F. Zuschlag

Volume 17, issue 2, 2022

Nothing as Expected: The Year that Was pp. 201-205

Patrice Iatarola

The Effects of Financial Aid Loss on Persistence and Graduation: A Multi-Dimensional Regression Discontinuity Approach pp. 206-231

Todd Jones, Daniel Kreisman, Ross Rubenstein, Cynthia Searcy and Rachana Bhatt

In-State Tuition Policies and the College Decisions of Undocumented Students: Evidence from Colorado pp. 232-254

Michel Grosz and Annie Hines

Getting Tough? The Effects of Discretionary Principal Discipline on Student Outcomes pp. 255-284

Lucy C. Sorensen, Shawn Bushway and Elizabeth J. Gifford

More Than Shortages: The Unequal Distribution of Substitute Teaching pp. 285-308

Jing Liu, Susanna Loeb and Ying Shi

The Effect of Home Country Natural Disasters on the Academic Outcomes of Immigrant Students in New York City pp. 309-334

Agustina Laurito

Measuring the Effect of Student Loans on College Persistence pp. 335-366

David Card and Alex Solis

The Inequitable Effects of Teacher Layoffs: What We Know and Can Do pp. 367-377

Matthew Kraft and Joshua F. Bleiberg

Volume 17, issue 1, 2022

Cap and Gap: The Fiscal Effects of Property Tax Levy Limits in New York pp. 1-26

Phuong Nguyen-Hoang and Pengju Zhang

An Examination of Test Score Trajectories Around School Switching Due to Grade Configuration pp. 27-52

Richard W. DiSalvo

Labor Market Trajectories for Community College Graduates: How Returns to Certificates and Associate's Degrees Evolve Over Time pp. 53-80

Veronica Minaya and Judith Scott-Clayton

The Impact of No-Loan Program Participation on the Likelihood of Graduate School Enrollment Among Low-Income, First-Generation Students pp. 81-104

Justin C. Ortagus and Dennis A. Kramer

The Impact of College Outreach on High Schoolers' College Choices: Results from Over One Thousand Natural Experiments pp. 105-128

Jonathan Smith, Jessica Howell and Michael Hurwitz

Spillover Impacts on Education from Employment Guarantees pp. 129-159

Anjali Adukia

A Descriptive Analysis of Cream Skimming and Pushout in Choice versus Traditional Public Schools pp. 160-187

Adam Kho, Ron Zimmer and Andrew McEachin

Prioritizing School Finance Equity during an Economic Downturn: Recommendations for State Policy Makers pp. 188-199

David S. Knight, Nail Hassairi, Christopher A. Candelaria, Min Sun and Margaret L. Plecki