Many personal and policy decisions turn on perceptions of school effectiveness, defined
here as the causal effect of attendance at a particular school or set of schools on student test …

This paper reviews the research on the impacts of charter school attendance on students'
academic and other outcomes, the mechanisms behind those effects, and the influence of …

In this second edition of Counterfactuals and Causal Inference, completely revised and
expanded, the essential features of the counterfactual approach to observational data …

This study examines the impact on student achievement of implementing a bundle of best
practices from high-performing charter schools into low-performing, traditional public …

Abstract Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ), an ambitious social experiment, combines
community programs with charter schools. We provide the first empirical test of the causal …

It seems likely the magnitude of any causal link between achievement and instruction time
depends upon the quality of instruction, the classroom environment and the rate that …

Lottery estimates suggest Massachusetts' urban charter schools boost achievement well
beyond that of traditional urban public schools students, while nonurban charters reduce …

We use admissions lotteries to estimate effects of attendance at Boston's charter high
schools on college preparation and enrollment. Charter schools increase pass rates on …

This article establishes a new fact about educational production: ordinal academic rank
during primary school has lasting impacts on secondary school achievement that are …

This paper studies information frictions between parents and children and their effect on
human capital investments. I provide biweekly information to a random sample of parents …