This research article examines the widespread practice of ability grouping in educational
systems across different countries, exploring its impact on academic achievement and its …

Performance‐based management is pervasive in public organizations; countless
governments have implemented performance management systems with the hope that they …

This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker
(1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital explains at least one-third of the variation …

A rigorous, pathbreaking analysis demonstrating that a country's prosperity is directly related
in the long run to the skills of its population. In this book Eric Hanushek and Ludger …

Both the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and recent efforts to hold schools and
teachers accountable have been hotly debated among practitioners, policymakers, and the …

Figure 1 documents the trends in 4th-and 8th-grade test scores in math and reading over
time. The dashed vertical line denotes the year NCLB was adopted. Although both 4th-and …

In this paper, we collect data on the inner-workings of 39 charter schools and correlate these
data with school effectiveness. We find that traditionally collected input measures—class …

Partisanship often colors how citizens perceive real‐world conditions. For example, an oft‐
documented finding is that citizens tend to view the state of the national economy more …

School accountability—the process of evaluating school performance on the basis of student
performance measures—is increasingly prevalent around the world. In the United States …

A rigorous analysis of the impact—and implications—of performance funding for higher
education. Seeking greater accountability in higher education, many states have adopted …