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Burke, Mary A.; Sass, Tim R. – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2008
In this paper we analyze the impact of classroom peers on individual student performance with a unique longitudinal data set covering all Florida public school students in grades 3-10 over a five-year period. Unlike many previous data sets used to study peer effects in education, our data set allow us to identify each member of a given student's…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Peer Groups
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Fournier, Gary M.; Sass, Tim R. – Journal of Economic Education, 2000
Investigates the effects of student characteristics, class structure, and instructor characteristics on additional economics course selections made by students taking economics principles classes over a three year span at Florida State University (Tallahassee). Concludes that students' characteristics and preferences help to determine their choice…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Economics, Economics Education