Test Scores
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It’s More Than Admissions: Rethinking NYC’s High School Diversity Problem
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Earlier this year, New York City’s public high school admissions process, long known for its complexity, wrapped its third year of major policy change since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Calls for more diversity and equity have played a critical role in driving these changes. Black and Hispanic students are consistently…
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Returning Special Education Students to General Education Classrooms: Effects on Peers’ Reading Scores
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In most countries, children with special educational needs (SEN) are taught in segregated settings, but some children with SEN eventually return to general education classrooms. This is due to politicians’ increased push for inclusive education, as well as the fact that there is a point at which students with SEN…
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Abortion and Access to Better Schools in Romania
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In their paper, Ofer Malamud, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Miguel Urquiola examine—through the combined use of regression discontinuity and difference-in-difference techniques—whether there is a positive interaction between family and school environments in Romania.
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Testing vs. Discretion: How Should Firms Hire Their Employees?
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New research analyzes how hiring decisions made using job assessments versus manager discretion impact employee retention and productivity.
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Measuring Teacher Quality: Do Teachers Impact Students’ Adult Outcomes?
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A new study suggests that students who are taught by higher quality teachers have an increased chance of experiencing improved adult outcomes.
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Maintaining an Edge: How School Districts Respond to Competition
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Researchers expand their focus on the effects of school-choice programs to include the reactions of districts to student migration.