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Grosz, Michel – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
I estimate the effect of attending an associate's degree in nursing program on nursing licensure. I use student-level academic data for all California community college students, matched to public records on all nursing licenses earned in the state. I produce causal estimates using random variation from admissions lotteries at a large nursing…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Community Colleges, Certification, Associate Degrees
Christina Weiland; Rebecca Unterman; Susan Dynarski; Rachel Abenavoli; Howard Bloom; Breno Braga; Anne-Marie Faria; Erica Greenberg; Brian Jacob; Jane Arnold Lincove; Karen Manship; Meghan McCormick; Luke Miratrix; Tomás E. Monarrez; Pamela Morris-Perez; Anna Shapiro; Jon Valant; Lindsay Weixler – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Lottery-based identification strategies offer potential for generating the next generation of evidence on U.S. early education programs. Our collaborative network of five research teams applying this design in early education and methods experts has identified six challenges that need to be carefully considered in this next context: (1) available…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Admission (School)
David Grissmer; Thomas White; Richard Buddin; Mark Berends; Daniel Willingham; Jamie DeCoster; Chelsea Duran; Chris Hulleman; William Murrah; Tanya Evans – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
The Core Knowledge curriculum is a K-8 curriculum focused on building students General Knowledge about the world they live in that is hypothesized to increase reading comprehension and Reading/English-LA achievement. This study utilizes an experimental design to evaluate the long term effects of attending Charter schools teaching the Core…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Core Curriculum, General Education
Rebecca J. Shmoys; Sierra G. McCormick; Douglas D. Ready – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Many school districts consider family preferences in allocating students to schools. In theory, this approach provides traditionally disadvantaged families greater access to high-quality schools by weakening the link between residential location and school assignment. We leverage data on the school choices made by over 233,000 New York City…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Choice, Educational Policy, Disadvantaged
Ron Zimmer; Richard Buddin; Sarah Ausmus Smith; Danielle Duffy – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2019
When charter schools first entered the landscape, the debate was contentious, with both advocates and critics using strong rhetoric. Advocates often sold charter schools as a silver bullet solution for not only the students who attend these schools, but the broader traditional public school system as well. Similarly, critics painted charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Effectiveness, Educational History, Comparative Analysis
Helen F. Ladd; Edward B. Fiske – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Because of the many special characteristics of charter schools, policy makers who aim to promote a system of charters schools that ensures fair access to, and fair treatment of, disadvantaged students will need a public accountability system oriented, at least in part, to equity concerns. Massachusetts, with its single statewide authorizer, as…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Charter Schools, Accountability, Disadvantaged