Search Results - "West, Martin R"

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"Every catholic child in a catholic school": Historical resistance to state schooling, contemporary private competition and student achievement across countries

by West, Martin R Woessmann, Ludger Published in The Economic journal (London) (2010)

“...Nineteenth-century Catholic doctrine strongly opposed state schooling. We show that countries with larger shares of Catholics in 1900 (but without a Catholic...”

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Promise and Paradox: Measuring Students' Non-Cognitive Skills and the Impact of Schooling

by Martin R. West Matthew A. Kraft Amy S. Finn Rebecca E. Martin Angela L. Duckworth Christopher F. O. Gabrieli John D. E. Gabrieli Published in Educational evaluation and policy analysis (01.03.2016)

“...We used self-report surveys to gather information on a broad set of non-cognitive skills from 1,368 eighth graders. At the student level, scales measuring...”

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Neuroanatomical Correlates of the Income-Achievement Gap

by Allyson P. Mackey Amy S. Finn Julia A. Leonard Drew S. Jacoby-Senghor Martin R. West Christopher F. O. Gabrieli John D. E. Gabrieli Published in Psychological science (01.06.2015)

“...In the United States, the difference in academic achievement between higher- and lower-income students (i.e., the income-achievement gap) is substantial and...”

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The Uneven Performance of Arizona's Charter Schools

by Matthew M. Chingos Martin R. West Published in Educational evaluation and policy analysis (01.05.2015)

“...Arizona enrolls a larger share of its students in charter schools than any other state in the country, but no comprehensive examination exists of the impact of...”

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Cognitive Skills, Student Achievement Tests, and Schools

by Amy S. Finn Matthew A. Kraft Martin R. West Julia A. Leonard Crystal E. Bish Rebecca E. Martin Margaret A. Sheridan Christopher F. O. Gabrieli John D. E. Gabrieli Published in Psychological science (01.03.2014)

“...Cognitive skills predict academic performance, so schools that improve academic performance might also improve cognitive skills. To investigate the impact...”

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The Non-Cognitive Returns to Class Size

by Thomas S. Dee Martin R. West Published in Educational evaluation and policy analysis (01.03.2011)

“...The authors use nationally representative survey data and a research design that relies on contemporaneous within-student and within-teacher comparisons across...”

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Does an Urban Teacher Residency Increase Student Achievement? Early Evidence From Boston

by John P. Papay Martin R. West Jon B. Fullerton Thomas J. Kane Published in Educational evaluation and policy analysis (01.12.2012)

“...Boston Teacher Residency (BTR) is an innovative practice-based preparation program in which candidates work alongside a mentor teacher for a year before...”

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The Impact of Home-Based Child Care Provider Unionization on the Cost, Type, and Availability of Subsidized Child Care in Illinois

by Todd Grindal Martin R. West John B. Willett Hirokazu Yoshikawa Published in Journal of policy analysis and management (01.10.2015)

“...In February 2005, Illinois became the first U.S. state to grant home-based child care providers (HBCPs) the right to form a labor union in order to bargain...”

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The Efficacy of Choice Threats within School Accountability Systems: Results from Legislatively Induced Experiments

by Martin R. West Paul E. Peterson Published in The Economic journal (London) (01.03.2006)

“...Targeted stigma and school voucher threats under a revised 2002 Florida accountability law have positive impacts on school performance as measured by the test...”

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Growing pains: The school consolidation movement and student outcomes

by Berry, Christopher R West, Martin R Published in Journal of law, economics, & organization (2010)

“...Between 1930 and 1970, average school size in the United States increased from 87 to 440 students and average district size increased from 170 to 2300...”

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Endogenous Stratification in Randomized Experiments

by Abadie, Alberto Chingos, Matthew M West, Martin R Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.10.2018)

“...Policymakers are often interested in estimating how policy interventions affect the outcomes of those most in need of help. This concern has motivated the...”

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In Fight against Grade Inflation, Those Rare Tough Teachers Are Champions

by West, Martin R Published in Education next (22.03.2020)

“...Sixteen years ago, Education Next published a research article providing the first hard evidence that students learn more from teachers who are more demanding...”

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Beyond the 30-Million-Word Gap: Children’s Conversational Exposure Is Associated With Language-Related Brain Function

by Romeo, Rachel R Leonard, Julia A Robinson, Sydney T West, Martin R Mackey, Allyson P Rowe, Meredith L Gabrieli, John D. E Published in Psychological science (01.05.2018)

“...Children’s early language exposure impacts their later linguistic skills, cognitive abilities, and academic achievement, and large disparities in language...”

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Democrats Dodge a Charter Question --and for a Reason.(from the editor)

by West, Martin R Published in Education next (01.01.2020)

“...It took until the third hour of the third Democratic presidential debate—the first of the 2020 cycle to gather all top-tier candidates on the same stage—for...”

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An Authoritative Look at Charter Schools and Segregation.(from the editor)

by West, Martin R Published in Education next (22.09.2019)

“...Have charter schools intensified the already high levels of segregation afflicting American public schools? Such was the claim advanced by the Associated Press...”

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Weak Markets, Strong Teachers: Recession at Career Start and Teacher Effectiveness

by Nagler, Markus Piopiunik, Marc West, Martin R Published in Journal of labor economics (01.04.2020)

“...How do alternative job opportunities affect teacher quality? We provide causal evidence on this question by exploiting business cycle conditions at career...”

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Teachers versus the Public: What Americans Think about Schools and How to Fix Them

by Paul E. Peterson Michael Henderson Martin R. West
2014

“...A comprehensive exploration of 21st Century school politics,Teachers versus the Publicoffers the first comparison of the education policy views of both...”

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Privatization in American Education: Rhetoric vs. Facts.(from the editors)

by West, Martin R Published in Education next (22.09.2018)

“...In a video produced by the Network on Education Policy, scholar-turned-activist Diane Ravitch claims that the “privatization movement—charters and vouchers—is...”

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A Disappointing National Report Card.(from the editors)

by West, Martin R Published in Education next (22.06.2018)

“...[...]as Mark Schneider, the incoming director of the federal Institute of Education Sciences, argued in 2011, the adoption of test-based accountability appears...”

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Development and implementation of student social-emotional surveys in the CORE Districts

by West, Martin R Buckley, Katie Krachman, Sara Bartolino Bookman, Noah Published in Journal of applied developmental psychology (01.03.2018)

“...States and school districts across the U.S. are seeking to expand their definition of student success to include social-emotional learning. The CORE Districts,...”

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