IPR Publications,Educational Policy Working Papers


Educational Policy Working Papers

(Arranged by Author)


Algernon Austin
WP-95-9 The Effect of Multicultural Education on the Academic Achievement of Black Students
Algernon Austin
Joseph Altonji
WP-00-17 Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables: Assessing the Effectiveness of Catholic Schools
Joseph G. Altonji, Todd E. Elder and Christopher R. Taber
WP-96-10 Using Siblings to Estimate the Effect of School Quality on Wages
Joseph G. Altonji and Thomas A. Dunn
Thomas Cook
WP-99-2 Considering the Major Arguments Against Random Assignment: An Analysis of the Intellectual Culture Surrounding Evaluation in American Schools of Education
Thomas D. Cook
WP-98-24 Comer's School Development Program in Chicago: A Theory-Based Evaluation
Thomas D. Cook, H. David Hunt, and Robert F. Murphy
WP-98-25 Comer's School Development Program in Prince George's County, Maryland: A Theory-Based Evaluation
Thomas D. Cook, Farah-naaz Habib, Meredith Phillips, Richard A. Settersten, Shobha C. Shagle, and Serdar M. Degirmencioglu
John Diamond
WP-96-8 Parent Involvement in Shared Decision Making: Barriers to Democratic Participation in Urban Elementary Schools
John B. Diamond
Christopher Jepsen
WP-99-16 The Effects of Private School Competition on Student Achievement
Christopher Jepsen
Dan Lewis
WP-95-10 Educational Politics in the American States
Dan A. Lewis and Shadd Maruna
Jens Ludwig
WP-98-4 School Spending and Student Achievement: New Evidence from Longitudinal Data
Jens Ludwig and Laurie J. Bassi
Charles Manski
WP-00-1 Using Performance Standards to Evaluate Social Programs with Incomplete Outcome Data: General Issues and Application to a Higher Education Block Grant Program
Charles F. Manski, John Newman, and John V. Pepper
Charles Payne
WP-98-26 So Much Reform, So Little Change: Building-Level Obstacles to Urban School Reform
Charles M. Payne
WP-97-8 "I Don't Want Your Nasty Pot of Gold": Urban School Climate and Public Policy
Charles M. Payne
James Rosenbaum
WP-01-05 How Can Low-Status Colleges Help Young Adults Gain Access to Better Jobs?: Applications of Human Capital vs. Sociological Models
Regina Deil and James E. Rosenbaum
WP-00-18 Are Dropout Decisions Related to Safety Concerns, Social Isolation and Teacher Disparagement?
Stefanie DeLuca and James E. Rosenbaum
WP-99-15 Do Low-SES Students Get Less Payoff for Their School Leadership Practice
James E. Rosenbaum and Stefanie DeLuca
WP-97-9 Creation and Maintenance of Effective School-Work Linkages: Implications for Systemic Reform
Stephanie Alter Jones and James E. Rosenbaum
WP-96-27 Changes in Tracking Policy in Japan: Unintended Consequences of Detracking Policy
Takehiko Kariya and James E. Rosenbaum
WP-95-11 Gatekeeping in an Era of More Open Gates: High School Counselors' Views of Their Influence on Students' College Plans
James E. Rosenbaum, Shazia R. Miller and Melinda S. Krei
James Spillane
WP-01-04 Exploring the Construction of Leadership for Instruction in Urban Elementary Schools: Leadership as Symbolic Power
James P. Spillane, Tim Hallett, and John B. Diamond
WP-99-3 Distributed Leadership: Toward a Theory of School Leadership Practice
James P. Spillane, Richard Halverson, and John B. Diamond
WP-98-5 Challenging Academic Instruction for "All Students": Policy, Practitioners and Practice
James P. Spillane
Christopher Taber  

WP-00-17

Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables: Assessing the Effectiveness of Catholic Schools
Joseph G. Altonji, Todd E. Elder and Christopher R. Taber
James Witte
WP-96-9 Individuals in Institutional Contexts: A Reexamination of Factors Influencing Degree Attainment
James C. Witte and Curtis Askew
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