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Online Submission, 2005
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) conducted an analysis of recent academic data collected from 24 KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) schools on behalf of the KIPP Foundation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate these data to determine whether KIPP schools have had a positive impact on the student learning of 5th-grade students as…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy
Crawford, Claire; Dearden, Lorraine; Meghir, Costas – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2007
The impact of date of birth on cognitive test scores is well documented across many countries, with the youngest children in each academic year performing more poorly, on average, than the older members of their cohort (see, for example, Bedard and Dhuey (2006) or Puhani and Weber (2005)1). However, relatively little is known about the driving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Age Differences, Age Grade Placement