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Vigdor, Jacob L.; Ladd, Helen F. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2010
Does differential access to computer technology at home compound the educational disparities between rich and poor? Would a program of government provision of computers to early secondary school students reduce these disparities? The authors use administrative data on North Carolina public school students to corroborate earlier surveys that…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged
Vigdor, Jacob L.; Ladd, Helen F. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010
Does differential access to computer technology at home compound the educational disparities between rich and poor? Would a program of government provision of computers to early secondary school students reduce these disparities? We use administrative data on North Carolina public school students to corroborate earlier surveys that document broad…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Access to Computers, Computers
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Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – Journal of Human Resources, 2010
We use data on statewide end-of-course tests in North Carolina to examine the relationship between teacher credentials and student achievement at the high school level. We find compelling evidence that teacher credentials, particularly licensure and certification, affects student achievement in systematic ways and that the magnitudes are large…
Descriptors: Credentials, High Schools, Academic Achievement, Poverty