Research has focused predominantly on how teachers affect students' achievement on
standardized tests despite evidence that a broad range of attitudes and behaviors are …

In 2016, 90% of young Americans reported an interest in politics. 80% intended to vote. Yet
only 43% of people between the ages of 18 and 29 ended up actually casting a ballot …

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is gaining increasing attention in education policy and
practice due to growing evidence that related constructs are strongly predictive of long-term …

Using PISA test scores from 11,527 second-generation immigrants coming from 35 different
countries of ancestry and living in 9 host countries, we find that the positive effects of country …

Although personality and cognitive ability are separate (sets of) constructs, we argue and
demonstrate in this article that their effects are difficult to tease apart, because personality …

Policy debates in education are greatly influenced by international differences in test scores.
The presumption is that differences in test scores reflect differences in cognitive skills and …

Complex interactive test items are becoming more widely used in assessments. Being
computer-administered, assessments using interactive items allow logging time-stamped …

Education researchers use surveys widely. Yet, critics question respondents' ability to
provide high-quality responses. As schools increasingly use student surveys to drive local …

The current article reexamines the correlation between achievement test scores and
earnings by providing new evidence on the association between academic skills and …

In recent years, student surveys have played an increasingly large role in educational
research, policy making, and, particularly, accountability efforts. However, research on the …