The second chapter looks at the achievement effects of the expenditure changes examined in chapter 1. Using restricted student-level test scores for New Jersey's 11th grade assessment, I find that the policy improved math and reading scores of minority students by 0.2-0.25 standard deviations. Trends in scores at earlier grades also show shrinking achievement gaps.These data are found at: http: / / www.state.nj .us/treasury/taxation / pubs. htm 2.7. 2 Alternate Sample Selection in Table 2.5 Trimming Sample of Districts With Low Abbott Probability Alternate samples were constructed by excluding districtsanbsp;...
Title | : | Three Essays on Resources in Education |
Author | : | Alexandra M. Resch |
Publisher | : | ProQuest - 2008 |
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