This project examines the effects of the introduction of new small high schools on student performance in the Chicago Public School (CPS) district. Specifically, the researchers investigate whether students attending small high schools have better graduation/enrollment rates and achievement than similar students who attend regular CPS high schools. They show that students who choose to attend a...

We use data on statewide end-of-course tests in North Carolina to examine the relationship between teacher credentials and student achievement at the high school level. The availability of test scores in multiple subjects for each student permits us to estimate a model with student fixed effects, which helps minimize any bias associated with the non-random distribution of teachers and students ...

Students do not enter college tabula rasa. They come with a variety of high school academic experiences, exposure to college information, and family socioeconomic and educational influences, all of which help shape expectations and attitudes of what it is like to be an enrolled college student. Research studies show that high school experiences, engagement, and academic achievement, as well as ...

In many educational settings, students may have an incentive to take courses where high grades are easier to achieve, potentially corroding student learning, evaluation of student achievement, and the fairness and efficiency of post-graduation labor outcomes. A grading system that takes into account heterogeneity of teacher standards and student ability could mitigate these problems. Using uniq...

Fifty years after the landmark Brown u. Board of Educationl decision, we review student civil rights in the context of current educational policies and practices. Using the highly publicized drug raid at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina, we analyze the legal and policy issues raised by the raid. As did Brown v. Board of Education, we evaluate the important psychological effe...

OBJECTIVES This paper examines how peer social support mediates the association between school victimization and student psychological health among junior-high students in an Asian context (Taiwan), and further examines how gender and ethnicity differ in the interrelationships of school violence, peer social support and psychological health. METHODS Data were obtained from a large-scale rando...