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Small High Schools and Student Achievement: Lottery-Based Evidence from New York City. NBER Working Paper No. 19576
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Abdulkadiroglu, Atila; Hu, Weiwei; Pathak, Parag A. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013
One of the most wideranging reforms in public education in the last decade has been the reorganization of large comprehensive high schools into small schools with roughly 100 students per grade. We use assignment lotteries embedded in New York City's high school match to estimate the effects of attendance at a new small high school on student…
Descriptors: Small Schools, High Schools, Selective Admission, Competitive Selection
A Parent, Community, Public Schools, and University Involved Partnership Education Program to Examine and Boost Academic Achievement and Adaptive Functioning Skills of African-American Students.
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Tucker, Carolyn M.; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1995
Reports the effects of an after school tutoring and academic skills training partnership education program on low-achieving, black students' math and reading achievements. Student and parent behavior and academic achievement were assessed. School-reported defiance and parent-perceived adaptive skills significantly predicted grade point average.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, After School Education, Black Students