Education Finance and Policy

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Volume 5, issue 4, 2010

Introduction to “Rethinking Teacher Retirement Benefit Systems” pp. 393-401

Robert M. Costrell and Michael Podgursky

An Introduction to Teacher Retirement Benefits pp. 402-437

Janet S. Hansen

Retiree Health Plans for Public School Teachers after GASB 43 and 45 pp. 438-462

Robert L. Clark

Labor Market Effects of Pensions and Implications for Teachers pp. 463-491

Leora Friedberg and Sarah Turner

Teacher Pension Incentives, Retirement Behavior, and Potential for Reform in Arkansas pp. 492-518

Robert M. Costrell and Josh B. McGee

Distribution of Benefits in Teacher Retirement Systems and Their Implications for Mobility pp. 519-557

Robert M. Costrell and Michael Podgursky

Scrambling the Nest Egg: How Well Do Teachers Understand Their Pensions, and What Do They Think about Alternative Pension Structures? pp. 558-586

Michael DeArmond and Dan Goldhaber

“But the Pension Fund Was Just SITTING There …”: The Politics of Teacher Retirement Plans pp. 587-616

Frederick M. Hess and Juliet P. Squire

Public Pension Plan Reform: The Legal Framework pp. 617-646

Amy B. Monahan

Volume 5, issue 3, 2010

How Valuable Is the Gift of Time? The Factors That Drive the Birth Date Effect in Education pp. 247-277

Justin Smith

Hire Today, Gone Tomorrow: New Teacher Classroom Assignments and Teacher Mobility pp. 278-316

Li Feng

Disabled Peers and Academic Achievement pp. 317-348

Jane Friesen, Ross Hickey and Brian Krauth

A Distributional Difference-in-Difference Evaluation of the Response of School Expenditures to Reforms and Tax Limits pp. 349-377

Daniel McMillen and Larry D. Singell

Education Inspectorate Systems in New Zealand and the Netherlands pp. 378-392

Helen Ladd

Volume 5, issue 2, 2010

Noninstructional Spending Improves Noncognitive Outcomes: Discontinuity Evidence from a Unique Elementary School Counselor Financing System pp. 105-137

Randall Reback

Do Lower Lender Subsidies Reduce Guaranteed Student Loan Supply? pp. 138-176

D. Andrew Austin

The Influence of Performance-Based Accountability on the Distribution of Teacher Salary Increases pp. 177-199

Robert Bifulco

Bilingual Education and English Proficiency pp. 200-227

Christopher Jepsen

Mix and Match: What Principals Really Look for When Hiring Teachers pp. 228-246

Douglas Harris, Stacey A. Rutledge, William K. Ingle and Cynthia C. Thompson

Volume 5, issue 1, 2010

Making Research in Education Finance and Policy Matter Now pp. 1-13

Amy Schwartz

Merit-Based Scholarships and Student Effort pp. 14-35

Rey Hernández-Julián

Skills, Schools, and Credit Constraints: Evidence from Massachusetts pp. 36-53

Joshua Goodman

Value Added to What? How a Ceiling in the Testing Instrument Influences Value-Added Estimation pp. 54-81

Cory Koedel and Julian Betts

Nonmonetary Compensation in the Public Teacher Labor Market pp. 82-103

Daniel Player

Volume 4, issue 4, 2009

Would Accountability Based on Teacher Value Added Be Smart Policy? An Examination of the Statistical Properties and Policy Alternatives pp. 319-350

Douglas Harris

Test Scaling and Value-Added Measurement pp. 351-383

Dale Ballou

The Sensitivity of Value-Added Modeling to the Creation of a Vertical Score Scale pp. 384-414

Derek C. Briggs and Jonathan P. Weeks

Value Added in English Schools pp. 415-438

Andrew Ray, Tanya McCormack and Helen Evans

Exploring Student-Teacher Interactions in Longitudinal Achievement Data pp. 439-467

J. R. Lockwood and Daniel F. McCaffrey

Adaptive Centering with Random Effects: An Alternative to the Fixed Effects Model for Studying Time-Varying Treatments in School Settings pp. 468-491

Stephen W. Raudenbush

Assumptions of Value-Added Models for Estimating School Effects pp. 492-519

Sean F. Reardon and Stephen W. Raudenbush

Impediments to the Estimation of Teacher Value Added pp. 520-536

Jun Ishii and Steven G. Rivkin

Student Sorting and Bias in Value-Added Estimation: Selection on Observables and Unobservables pp. 537-571

Jesse Rothstein

The Intertemporal Variability of Teacher Effect Estimates pp. 572-606

Daniel F. McCaffrey, Tim Sass, J. R. Lockwood and Kata Mihaly

Volume 4, issue 3, 2009

National Board Certification and Teachers' Career Paths: Does NBPTS Certification Influence How Long Teachers Remain in the Profession and Where They Teach? pp. 229-262

Dan Goldhaber and Michael Hansen

Should a High School Adopt Advanced Placement or a Concurrent Enrollment Program? An Expected Benefit Approach pp. 263-277

Donald Dutkowsky, Jerry M. Evensky and Gerald S. Edmonds

The Effects of Inclusion on Classmates of Students with Special Needs: The Case of Serious Emotional Problems pp. 278-299

Jason Fletcher

In Search of a New Equilibrium: Economic Aspects of Higher Education's Changing Faculty Composition pp. 300-318

David H. Monk, Michael J. Dooris and Rodney A. Erickson

Volume 4, issue 2, 2009

Are Teacher Absences Worth Worrying About in the United States? pp. 115-149

Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen Ladd and Jacob Vigdor

Are State Non-Need, Merit-Based Scholarship Programs Impacting College Enrollment? pp. 150-174

Patricia L. Farrell and Gregory S. Kienzl

Peaks, Cliffs, and Valleys: The Peculiar Incentives in Teacher Retirement Systems and Their Consequences for School Staffing pp. 175-211

Robert M. Costrell and Michael Podgursky

The State Role in Teacher Professional Development and Education Throughout Teachers' Careers pp. 212-228

Susanna Loeb, Luke C. Miller and Katharine O. Strunk

Volume 4, issue 1, 2009

Explaining Gaps in Readiness for College-Level Math: The Role of High School Courses pp. 1-33

Mark Long, Patrice Iatarola and Dylan Conger

An Analysis of Private School Closings pp. 34-59

Lakshmi Pandey, David Sjoquist and MaryBeth Walker

Spending, Size, and Grade Span in K–8 Schools pp. 60-88

Ross Rubenstein, Amy Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel and Jeffrey Zabel

The State Role in Teacher Compensation pp. 89-114

Susanna Loeb, Luke C. Miller and Katharine O. Strunk

Volume 3, issue 4, 2008

Introduction to the Symposium on Equality and Adequacy pp. 399-401

Rob Reich

Reflections on Equity, Adequacy, and Weighted Student Funding pp. 402-423

Helen Ladd

Equality, Adequacy, and Educational Policy pp. 424-443

Debra Satz

Putting Educational Equality in Its Place pp. 444-466

Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift

Equality of Opportunity and School Finance: A Commentary on Ladd, Satz, and Brighouse and Swift pp. 467-494

Kenneth A. Strike

Volume 3, issue 3, 2008

The Influence of the Elderly on School Spending in a Median Voter Framework pp. 283-315

Deborah Fletcher and Lawrence Kenny

Unscheduled School Closings and Student Performance pp. 316-338

Dave Marcotte and Steven W. Hemelt

National Board Certification for Teachers: What Does It Cost and How Does It Compare? pp. 339-373

Jennifer King Rice and L. Jane Hall

Using Available Evidence to Estimate the Cost of Educational Adequacy pp. 374-397

Allan R. Odden, Michael E. Goetz and Lawrence O. Picus

Volume 3, issue 2, 2008

From Highly Qualified to High Quality: An Imperative for Policy and Research to Recast the Teacher Mold pp. 151-164

Jennifer King Rice

An Analysis of Professional Judgments pp. 165-196

Heather Rose and Jon Sonstelie

The Impact of Peer Effects on Student Outcomes in New York City Public Schools pp. 197-249

Jeffrey Zabel

Are Students Left Behind? The Distributional Effects of the No Child Left Behind Act pp. 250-281

John M. Krieg

Volume 3, issue 1, 2008

Getting Down to Facts: School Finance and Governance in California pp. 1-19

Susanna Loeb, Anthony Bryk and Eric Hanushek

A Framework for Understanding Educational Governance: The Case of California pp. 20-40

Dominic J. Brewer and Joanna Smith

The Availability and Transparency of Education Data in California pp. 41-57

Janet S. Hansen

Resource Needs of California Public Schools: Results from a Survey of Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents pp. 58-89

Jon Sonstelie

Assessing the Costs of Adequacy in California Public Schools: A Cost Function Approach pp. 90-108

Jennifer Imazeki

Highly Successful Schools: What Do They Do Differently and at What Cost? pp. 109-129

María Pérez and Miguel Socias

Defining an Adequate Education for English Learners pp. 130-148

Patricia Gándara and Russell W. Rumberger

Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy pp. 149-150

Helen Ladd and Edward B. Fiske