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Hillman, Nicholas W.; Tandberg, David A.; Fryar, Alisa H. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2015
In 2007, Washington adopted the Student Achievement Initiative, a statewide performance accountability system designed to improve retention rates and degree productivity among community colleges. Using difference-in-differences analysis, we found that the policy change has had little immediate effect on retention rates or associate's degree…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Higher Education, Accountability, Community Colleges
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Lara, Bernardo; Mizala, Alejandra; Repetto, Andrea – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2011
In this article the authors analyze the effect of private voucher education on student academic performance using new data on Chilean students and a novel identification strategy. Most schools in Chile provide either primary or secondary education. The authors analyze the effect of private voucher education on students who are forced to enroll at…
Descriptors: Evidence, Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries