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Direct linkFuller, Sarah C.; Ladd, Helen F. – Education Finance and Policy, 2013
We use North Carolina data to explore whether the quality of teachers in the lower elementary grades (K-2) falls short of teacher quality in the upper grades (3-5) and to examine the hypothesis that school accountability pressures contribute to such quality shortfalls. Our concern with the early grades arises from recent studies highlighting how…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Accountability, Federal Legislation
Download full textHolbein, John B.; Ladd, Helen F. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2015
In this paper we examine how failing to make adequate yearly progress under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and the accountability pressure that ensues, affects various non-achievement student behaviors. Using administrative data from North Carolina and leveraging a discontinuity in the determination of school failure, we examine the causal impact of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Student Behavior, Educational Indicators, Federal Programs
Fuller, Sarah C.; Ladd, Helen F. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2012
We use North Carolina data to explore the extent to which teachers in the lower grades (K-2) of elementary school are lower quality than in the upper grades (3-5) and to examine the hypothesis that accountability contributes to a shortfall in teacher quality in the lower grades. Our concern with early elementary grades arises from recent studies…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Grades (Scholastic), Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement
Ladd, Helen F.; Lauen, Douglas L. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2010
Although the federal No Child Left Behind program judges the effectiveness of schools based on their students' achievement status, many policy analysts argue that schools should be measured, instead, by their students' achievement growth. Using a 10-year student-level panel data set from North Carolina, we examine how school-specific pressure…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement
Ladd, Helen F.; Lauen, Douglas L. – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
Although the Federal No Child Left Behind program judges the effectiveness of schools based on their students' achievement status, many policy analysts argue that schools should be measured, instead, by their students' achievement growth. Using a ten-year student-level panel data set from North Carolina, the authors examine how school-specific…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Achievement Gains, Accountability, Educational Policy
Ladd, Helen F. – Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, 2008
This paper examines school-related policies and strategies that have been proposed or justified, at least in part, on the basis of their potential for reducing black-white test score gaps. These include strategies, one of which is greater integration, to reduce differences in the quality of teachers faced by black and white students; school and…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Scores, Accountability, White Students
