Education Finance and Policy

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Volume 13, issue 4, 2018

Financial Incentives and Educational Investment: The Impact of Performance-based Scholarships on Student Time Use pp. 419-448

Lisa Barrow and Cecilia Elena Rouse

Statewide Transfer Policies and Community College Student Success pp. 449-483

Angela Boatman and Adela Soliz

In Pursuit of the Common Good: The Spillover Effects of Charter Schools on Public School Students in New York City pp. 484-512

Sarah A. Cordes

The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks pp. 513-544

Seth Gershenson and Erdal Tekin

The Sequential College Application Process pp. 545-575

Jonathan Smith

Volume 13, issue 3, 2018

Validating Teacher Effects on Students’ Attitudes and Behaviors: Evidence from Random Assignment of Teachers to Students pp. 281-309

David Blazar

Teacher Workforce Developments: Recent Changes in Academic Competitiveness and Job Satisfaction of New Teachers pp. 310-332

Benjamin Master, Min Sun? and Susanna Loeb

The Effects of Subgroup-Specific Accountability on Teacher Turnover and Attrition pp. 333-368

Matthew Shirrell

The Impact of State Aid Reform on Property Values: A Case Study of Maryland's Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act pp. 369-394

Il Hwan Chung, William Duncombe and John Yinger

I Want You! Expanding College Access through Targeted Recruiting Efforts pp. 395-418

Brian J. Miller and William Skimmyhorn

Volume 13, issue 2, 2018

The Effect of Career and Technical Education on Human Capital Accumulation: Causal Evidence from Massachusetts pp. 119-148

Shaun M. Dougherty

Does School Quality Matter? A Travel Cost Approach pp. 149-167

Jonathan Eyer

The Impact of Teach for America on Non-Test Academic Outcomes pp. 168-193

Ben Backes and Michael Hansen

What's in Your Portfolio? How Parents Rank Traditional Public, Private, and Charter Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans’ Citywide System of School Choice pp. 194-226

Jane A. Lincove, Joshua M. Cowen and Jason P. Imbrogno

School Choice in Indianapolis: Effects of Charter, Magnet, Private, and Traditional Public Schools pp. 227-255

Mark Berends and R. Joseph Waddington

Pathways to an Elite Education: Application, Admission, and Matriculation to New York City's Specialized High Schools pp. 256-279

Sean Corcoran and E. Christine Baker-Smith

Volume 13, issue 1, 2018

Impact and Your Death Bed: Playing the Long Game pp. 1-18

Dan Goldhaber

Intensive College Counseling and the Enrollment and Persistence of Low-Income Students pp. 19-41

Ben Castleman and Joshua Goodman

Online Course-taking and Student Outcomes in California Community Colleges pp. 42-71

Cassandra M.D. Hart, Elizabeth Friedmann and Michael Hill

Postsecondary Schooling and Parental Resources: Evidence from the PSID and HRS pp. 72-96

Steven Haider and Kathleen McGarry

Mass Instruction or Higher Learning? The Impact of College Class Size on Student Retention and Graduation pp. 97-118

Eric Bettinger and Bridget Long

Volume 12, issue 4, 2017

Moving Matters: The Causal Effect of Moving Schools on Student Performance pp. 419-446

Amy Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel and Sarah A. Cordes

Racial Interaction Effects and Student Achievement pp. 447-467

Jeffrey Penney

The Impact of Summer Learning Loss on Measures of School Performance pp. 468-491

Andrew McEachin and Allison Atteberry

WWII GI Bill and its Effect on Low Education Levels: Did the World War II GI Bill have an Effect on High School Completion, Poverty, and Employment? pp. 492-515

Megan D. Thomas

Strategic Matching of Teachers and Schools with (and without) Accountability Pressure pp. 516-535

Tom Ahn

The Growing Segmentation of the Charter School Sector in North Carolina pp. 536-563

Helen Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter and John B. Holbein

Volume 12, issue 3, 2017

ACT for All: The Effect of Mandatory College Entrance Exams on Postsecondary Attainment and Choice pp. 281-311

Joshua Hyman

Don't Hold Back? The Effect of Grade Retention on Student Achievement pp. 312-341

Ron Diris

SMART Money: Do Financial Incentives Encourage College Students to Study Science? pp. 342-368

Brent J. Evans

Assessing Principals’ Assessments: Subjective Evaluations of Teacher Effectiveness in Low- and High-Stakes Environments pp. 369-395

Jason A. Grissom and Susanna Loeb

Teacher Quality and Teacher Mobility pp. 396-418

Li Feng and Tim Sass

Volume 12, issue 2, 2017

The Promise of Administrative Data in Education Research pp. 129-136

David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik and Kjell G Salvanes

Are Student Absences Worth the Worry in U.S. Primary Schools? pp. 137-165

Seth Gershenson, Alison Jacknowitz and Andrew Brannegan

Extracurricular Participation, “At-Risk” Status, and the High School Dropout Decision pp. 166-196

Laura M. Crispin

Screen Twice, Cut Once: Assessing the Predictive Validity of Applicant Selection Tools pp. 197-223

Dan Goldhaber, Cyrus Grout and Nick Huntington-Klein

Does More Accurate Knowledge of Course Grade Impact Teaching Evaluation? pp. 224-240

Donghun Cho and Joonmo Cho

Returns to Teacher Experience: Student Achievement and Motivation in Middle School pp. 241-279

Helen Ladd and Lucy C. Sorensen

Volume 12, issue 1, 2017

Capitalization of Charter Schools into Residential Property Values pp. 1-27

Margaret Brehm, Scott Imberman and Michael Naretta

Closer to the Finish Line? Compulsory Attendance, Grade Attainment, and High School Graduation pp. 28-53

Wael Moussa

Adequate (or Adipose?) Yearly Progress: Assessing the Effect of “No Child Left Behind” on Children's Obesity pp. 54-76

Patricia Anderson, Kristin Butcher and Diane Schanzenbach

Has NCLB Encouraged Educational Triage? Accountability and the Distribution of Achievement Gains pp. 77-106

Dale Ballou and Matthew Springer

Grading System and Student Effort pp. 107-128

Valentina Paredes

Volume 11, issue 4, 2016

AEFP at Forty: Looking Back and Thinking Forward pp. 361-368

Dominic J. Brewer and Chandler P. Miranda

A New Measure of College Quality to Study the Effects of College Sector and Peers on Degree Attainment pp. 369-403

Jonathan Smith and Kevin Stange

What Do University Endowment Managers Worry About? An Analysis of Alternative Asset Investments and Background Income pp. 404-425

Harvey S. Rosen and Alexander J. W. Sappington

The Educational Impact of Online Learning: How Do University Students Perform in Subsequent Courses? pp. 426-448

John M. Krieg and Steven E. Henson

Pension Choices and the Savings Patterns of Public School Teachers pp. 449-481

Dan Goldhaber and Cyrus Grout

Shifting from Enrollment- to Performance-Based Funding in Higher Education: What Can We Learn from Washington's Experience? pp. 482-498

Darby Kaikkonen

Volume 11, issue 3, 2016

First in the Class? Age and the Education Production Function pp. 225-250

Elizabeth Cascio and Diane Schanzenbach

The Impact of Turnaround Reform on Student Outcomes: Evidence and Insights from the Los Angeles Unified School District pp. 251-282

Katharine O. Strunk, Julie A. Marsh, Ayesha K. Hashim, Susan Bush-Mecenas and Tracey Weinstein

Is School Value Added Indicative of Principal Quality? pp. 283-309

Hanley Chiang, Stephen Lipscomb and Brian Gill

Do Grade Weights Promote More Advanced Course-Taking? pp. 310-324

Kristin Klopfenstein and Kit Lively

American Higher Education and Income Inequality pp. 325-339

Catharine B. Hill

The New Educational Accountability: Understanding the Landscape of Teacher Evaluation in the Post-NCLB Era pp. 340-359

Matthew P. Steinberg and Morgaen L. Donaldson

Volume 11, issue 2, 2016

Linking Teacher Quality, Student Attendance, and Student Achievement pp. 125-149

Seth Gershenson and Diane Schanzenbach

School Choice, Student Mobility, and School Quality: Evidence from post-Katrina New Orleans pp. 150-176

Richard O. Welsh, Matthew Duque and Andrew McEachin

Supporting the STEM Pipeline: Linking Applied STEM Course-Taking in High School to Declaring a STEM Major in College pp. 177-202

Michael A. Gottfried and Robert Bozick

The Effect of a Stricter Academic Dismissal Policy on Course Selection, Student Effort, and Grading Leniency pp. 203-224

Shao-Hsun Keng

Volume 11, issue 1, 2016

Teaching to the Student: Charter School Effectiveness in Spite of Perverse Incentives pp. 1-42

Sarah Cohodes

The Impact of Labor Demand on Time to the Doctorate pp. 43-69

Jeffrey A. Groen

Playing to Teachers’ Strengths: Using Multiple Measures of Teacher Effectiveness to Improve Teacher Assignments pp. 70-96

Lindsay Fox

Synthesizing the Effect of Building Condition Quality on Academic Performance pp. 97-123

Tracey Gunter and Jing Shao