In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on
large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student achievement. The …

High school exit exams are affecting a growing majority of high school students. Although
exit testing polices were enacted with the goal of improving student achievement as well as …

This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment
and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors …

In his new book, the author of the bestseller Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools
examines the chronic under-performance of African American males in US schools. Citing a …

I survey the evidence on patterns in US high school graduation rates over the period 1970–
2010 and report the results of new research conducted to fill in holes in the evidence. I begin …

This book explores how high-stakes tests mandated by No Child Left Behind have become
de facto language policy in US schools, detailing how testing has shaped curriculum and …

Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka, and Vanessa Coca focus on the importance of improving
college access and readiness for low-income and minority students in urban high schools …

This paper investigates whether the interaction between family background and secondary
school tracking affects human capital accumulation. A widely shared view is that more …

Background/Context Despite recent gains from a number of students in US schools, African
American males continue to underachieve on most academic indices. Despite various …

It is widely documented that places with higher levels of income inequality have lower rates
of social mobility. But it is an open question as to whether this reflects a causal relationship …