Journal Articles
Journal Articles
The early childhood care and education workforce in the United States: Understanding changes from 1990 through 2010Education Finance and Policy, Forthcoming.
Measure for measure: The relationship between measures of instructional practice in middle school English language arts and teachers' value-addedAmerican Journal of Education, Forthcoming.
Brown fades: The end of court-ordered school desegregation and the resegregation of American public schoolsJournal of Policy Analysis and Management, Forthcoming.
Improving college performance and retention the easy way: Unpacking the ACT examAmerican Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Forthcoming.
Under what assumptions do Site-by-Treatment instruments identify average causal effects? Sociological Methods and Research, Forthcoming.
Analyzing determinants of the matching of public school teachers to jobs: Disentangling the preferences of teachers and employersJournal of Labor Economics, Forthcoming.
Setting Aside the Course Reader: The Legal, Economic, and Pedagogical ReasonsInnovative Higher Education, 38(5), Forthcoming.
Systematic sorting: Teacher characteristics and class assignmentsSociology of Education, 86(2), pp. 103-123. 2013.
How teacher turnover harms student achievementAmerican Educational Research Journal, 50(1), pp. 4-36. 2013.
Principals’ perceptions of competition for students in Milwaukee schoolsEducation Finance and Policy, 8(1), pp. 43-73. 2013.
Recruiting effective math teachers: Evidence from New York cityAmerican Education Research Journal, 49(6), pp. 1008-1047. 2012.
Information and employee evaluation: Evidence from a randomized intervention in public schoolsAmerican Economic Review, 102(7), pp. 3184-3213. 2012.
The effect of evaluation on teacher performance American Economic Review, 102(7), pp. 3628-3651. 2012.
The distribution of financial aid in China: Is aid reaching poor students? China Economic Review, 23(4), pp. 898-917. 2012.
Estimating achievement gaps from test scores reported in ordinal 'Proficiency' categoriesJournal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 37(4), pp. 489-517. 2012.
Who comes back? A longitudinal analysis of the re-entry behavior of exiting teachersEducation Finance and Policy, 7(4), pp. 425-454. 2012.
The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poorCommunity Investments: Summer 2012, 24(2), pp. 19-39. 2012.
Stepping stones: Principal career paths and school outcomesSocial Science Research, 41(4), pp. 904–919. 2012.
Effective schools: Teacher hiring, assignment, development, and retentionEducation Finance and Policy, 7(3), pp. 269–304. 2012.
Hometown disadvantage? It depends on where you’re from: teachers' location preferences and the implications for staffing schoolsEducation Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 34(2), pp. 127-145. 2012.
Context Matters: Effects of student characteristics and perceived support from administrators and parents on teacher self-efficacyThe Elementary School Journal, 112(4), pp. 590-606. 2012.
The effects of attending selective college tiers in ChinaSocial Science Research, 41(2), pp. 287-305. 2012.
Math Matters: Children’s Mathematical Journeys Start EarlyConference Report, www.earlylearning.org, 2012.
Family background as a factor on giving up the opportunity to go to college in ChinaEuropean Journal of Higher Education, 1(4), pp. 382-395. 2012.
Rational ignorance in education: A field experiment in student plagiarismJournal of Human Resources, 47(2), pp. 397-434. 2012.
In light of the limitations of data-driven decision makingEducation Finance and Policy, 7(4), pp. 1-7. 2012.
Tapping the principal pipeline: Identifying talent for future school leadership in the absence of formal succession management programsEducation Administration Quarterly, 47(5), pp. 695-727. 2011.
The effectiveness and retention of teachers with prior career experienceEconomics of Education Review, 30, pp. 1229-1241. 2011.
Do college instructors matter? The effects of adjuncts on students' interests and successReview of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming.
Conditional cash penalties in education: Evidence from the Learnfare experimentEconomics of Education Review, 30(5), pp. 924-937. 2011.
The influence of school administrators on teacher retention decisionsAmerican Education Research Journal, 48(2), pp. 303-333. 2011.
Triangulating principal effectiveness: How perspectives of parents, teachers, and assistant principals identify the central importance of managerial skillsAmerican Education Research Journal, 48(5), pp. 1091-1123. 2011.
Teacher layoffs: An empirical illustration of seniority v. measures of effectivenessEducation Finance and Policy, 6(3), pp. 439–454. 2011.
The Impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on Student AchievementJournal of Policy Analysis and Management, 30(3), pp. 418-446. 2011.
The Non-cognitive Returns to Class SizeEducational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 33(1), pp. 23-46. 2011.
Increasing choice in the market for schools: Recent reforms and their effects on student achievementNational Tax Journal, 64(1), pp. 141-164. 2011.
The role of teacher quality in retention and hiring: Using applications-to-transfer to uncover preferences of teachers and schoolsJournal of Policy Analysis and Management, 30(1), pp. 88-110. 2011.
Measuring the strength of teachers' unions: An empirical application of the partial independence item response approachJournal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 35(6), pp. 629-670. 2010.
The Effect of Primary School Mergers on Academic Performance of Students in Rural ChinaInternational Journal of Educational Development, 30(6), pp. 570-585. 2010.
Effects of failing a high school Exit Exam on course‐taking, achievement, persistence, and graduationEducation Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 32(4), pp. 498-520. 2010.
Learning-related behaviors and literacy achievement in elementary school-aged childrenEarly Childhood Research Quarterly, 25(3), pp. 385-396. 2010.
Identifying effective classroom practices using student achievement dataJournal of Human Resources, 46(3), pp. 587-613. 2010.
Principal’s time use and school effectivenessAmerican Journal of Education, 116(4), pp. 491-523. 2010.
Principal preferences and the uneven distribution of principals across schoolsEducational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 32(2), pp. 205-229. 2010.
Examining teacher turnover: The role of school leadershipPolitique Americaine, Issue 15, pp. 55-79. 2010.
Learning from multiple routes: The variation in teacher preparation pathways can propel our understanding of how best to prepare teachersEducational Leadership, 67(8), pp. 22-27. 2010.
Using student performance data to identify effective classroom practicesAmerican Economic Review, 100(2), pp. 100(2): 256–260. 2010.
Teacher preparation and student achievementEducation Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 31(4), pp. 416-440. 2009.
Assumptions of value‐added models for estimating school effectsEducation Finance and Policy, 4(4), pp. 492-519. 2009.
Addressing the needs of under-prepared students in Higher Education: Does college remediation work? Journal of Human Resources, 44(3), pp. 736-771. 2009.
The state role in teacher professional development and education throughout teachersEducation Finance and Policy, 4(2), pp. 212-228. 2009.
The Hispanic‐White achievement gap in math and reading in the elementary gradesAmerican Educational Association Journal, 46(3), pp. 853‐891. 2009.
Race and space in the 1990s: Changes in the geographic scale of racial residential segregation, 1990‐2000Social Science Research, 38(1), pp. 55-70. 2009.
The effect of Catholic schooling on math and reading development in kindergarten through fifth gradeJournal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2(1), pp. 45-87. 2009.
Surveying the landscape of teacher education in New York city: Constrained variation and the challenge of innovationEducation Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 30(4), pp. 319-343. 2008.
Getting Down to Facts: School Finance and Governance in CaliforniaEducation Finance and Policy, 3(1), pp. 1-19. 2008.
Effects of aggression on achievement: Does conflict with the teacher make it worse? Child Development, 79(6), pp. 1721-1735. 2008.
Beyond the census tract: Patterns and determinants of racial residential segregation at multiple scalesAmerican Sociological Review, 73(5), pp. 766‐791. 2008.
The narrowing gap in New York city teacher qualifications and its implications for student achievement in high-poverty schoolsJournal of Policy Analysis and Management, 27(4), pp. 793-818. 2008.
Forsaking all others? The effects of same-sex partnership laws on risky sexEconomic Journal, 118(530), pp. 1055-1078. 2008.
What do cost functions tell us about the cost of an adequate education? Peabody Journal of Education, 83(2), pp. 198-223. 2008.
How schools and students respond to school improvement programs: The case of Brazil’s PDEEconomics of Education Review, 27(1), pp. 22-38. 2008.
Out-of-field teaching and student achievement: Evidence from 'Matched-Pairs' comparisonsPublic Finance Review, 36(1), pp. 7-32. 2008.
The impact of assessment and accountability on teacher recruitment and retention: Are there unintended consequences? Public Finance Review, 36(1), pp. 88-111. 2008.
Technology and voter intent: Evidence from the California Recall ElectionThe Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(4), pp. 674-683. 2007.
Patterns of Hispanic students' math skill proficiency in the early elementary gradesJournal of Latinos and Education, 6(3), pp. 229-252. 2007.
Teachers and the gender gaps in student achievementJournal of Human Resources, 42(3), pp. 528-554. 2007.
Patience in children: Evidence from experimental economicsJournal of Public Economics, 91(1-2), pp. 343-363. 2007.
How much is too much? The effects of duration and intensity of child care experiences on children’s social and cognitive developmentEconomics of Education Review, 26(1), pp. 52-66. 2007.
Accountability and local control: Incentive response with and without authority over resource generation and allocationEducation Finance and Policy, 2(1), pp. 10-39. 2007.
Policies to ensure that no child starts from behindIn Child Development and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action: Essays in honor of Edward Zigler , Washington DC: American Psychological Association Press, pp. 129-145. 2006.
Using experimental economics to measure the effects of a natural educational experiment on AltruismJournal of Public Economics, 90(8-9), pp. 1625-1648. 2006.
Long-term educational consequences of secondary school vouchers: Evidence from administrative records in ColombiaAmerican Economic Review, 96(3), pp. 847-862. 2006.
Accountability comes to preschool: Can we make it work for young children? Phi Delta Kappan, 87(10), pp. 740-744, 747. 2006.
Retail tobacco outlet density and youth smoking: A propensity modeling approachAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2006.
Implications of income-based school assignment policies for racial school segregationEducational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 28(1), pp. 49-75. 2006.
Complex by design: Investigating pathways into teaching in New York city schoolsJournal of Teacher Education, 57(2), pp. 155-166. 2006.
How changes in entry requirements alter the teacher workforce and affect student achievementEducation Finance and Policy, 1(2), pp. 176-216. 2006.
Contemporaneous and longitudinal associations between social behavior and literacy achievement in low-Income elementary school childrenChild Development, 77(1), pp. 103-117. 2006.
Bridging policy, research and practice: Lessons of Ed ZiglerChild and Family Policy and Practice Review, 2(1), pp. 6-9. 2006.
The strength of graduated drivers license programs and fatalities among teen drivers and passengersAccident Analysis and Prevention, 38(1), pp. 135-141. 2006.
Expense preference and student achievement in school districtsEastern Economic Journal, 31(1), pp. 23-44. 2005.
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