1) Did NCLB subgroup-specific accountability pressure lead to the narrowing of Black-White achievement gaps in math and reading? 2) If accountability pressure narrowed achievement gaps, what changes in the gap occurred?
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Teacher Effectiveness in the First Grade: The Importance of Background Qualifications, Attitudes, and Instructional Practices for Student Learning
What proportion of the variation in student achievement gains can be attributed to each of the general sources: individual differences in student background, classroom effects, and school effects? To what degree do differences in teacher effectiveness affect student achievement gains? What is the relative size of the effects of student background qualifications, attitudes and instructional practices on student achievement gains in first grade?
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New and exhaustive analysis of racial segregation across the United States.
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Who's Left Behind? Immigrant Children in High and Low LEP Schools
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Effects of School Segregation and School Resources in a Changing Policy Context
Impact of school composition and school resources on student achievement growth.
When Opting Out is not a Choice: Implications for NCLB's Transfer Option from Charlotte, North Carolina
Examines the implementation and early outcomes of No Child Left Behind’s voluntary transfer option for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School after end of court-mandated desegregation.
Does School Accountability Lead to Improved Student Performance
Provide evidence on the expected effects of NCLB not only on student performance but also on other potential consequences. Controlled for student and school characteristics.
The Perverse Incentives of the No Child Left Behind Act
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