BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography
69 papers directly cited in the literature review, drawn from a registry of 124 reviewed studies. Free/preprint links open a freely available version. DOI links go to the publisher page — library access may be required for full text.
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CitedCharters without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston
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PreprintSchool Choice
CitedFree to Choose: Can School Choice Reduce Student Achievement?
Abdulkadiroğlu & Pathak & Walters · 2018 · American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
PreprintSchool Choice
CitedLasting Consequences of the Summer Learning Gap
Alexander & Entwisle & Olson · 2007 · American Sociological Review
PaywalledOut-of-School Factors
CitedUsing Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement
Angrist & Lavy · 1999 · Quarterly Journal of Economics
PreprintClass Size
Inputs and Impacts in Charter Schools: KIPP Lynn
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PaywalledSchool Choice
Explaining Charter School Effectiveness
Angrist & Pathak & Walters · 2013 · American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
PaywalledSchool Choice
CitedExplaining Charter School Effectiveness
Angrist & Pathak & Walters · 2013 · American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
PreprintSchool Choice
The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime
Bacher-Hicks & Billings & Deming · 2019 · NBER Working Paper
PaywalledSchool Choice
Heterogeneous Impacts of Teacher Value-Added on Postsecondary Outcomes
Backes et al. · 2024 · NBER Working Paper
PreprintTeacher Quality
CitedPrep School for Poor Kids: The Long-Run Impacts of Head Start on Human Capital and Economic Self-Sufficiency
Bailey & Sun & Timpe · 2021 · American Economic Review
PreprintEarly Childhood
Parental Involvement and Adolescents' Educational Success: The Roles of Prior Achievement and Socioeconomic Status
Benner & Boyle & Sadler · 2016 · Journal of Research on Adolescence
PaywalledSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
Scaling High-Dosage Tutoring: Evidence from a Hybrid Model
Bhatt et al. · 2024 · NBER Working Paper
PreprintHigh-Dosage Tutoring
CitedValidating Teacher Effects on Students' Attitudes and Behaviors: Evidence from Random Assignment of Teachers to Students
Blazar · 2018 · Education Finance and Policy
PaywalledTeacher Quality
CitedSchools and Inequality: A Multilevel Analysis of Coleman's Equality of Educational Opportunity Data
Borman & Dowling · 2010 · Teachers College Record
PaywalledOut-of-School Factors
CitedEarly Childhood Investments Substantially Boost Adult Health
Campbell et al. · 2014 · Science
PreprintEarly Childhood
CitedThe Impacts of Expanding Access to High-Quality Preschool Education
Cascio & Schanzenbach · 2013 · Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
PreprintEarly Childhood
CitedEnding the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition From Novice to Expert
Castles & Rastle & Nation · 2018 · Psychological Science in the Public Interest
PaywalledReading Instruction
CitedMeasuring the Impacts of Teachers I: Evaluating Bias in Teacher Value-Added Estimates
Chetty & Friedman & Rockoff · 2014 · American Economic Review
PreprintTeacher Quality
CitedMeasuring the Impacts of Teachers II: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
Chetty & Friedman & Rockoff · 2014 · American Economic Review
PreprintTeacher Quality
CitedEducational Outcomes of Tutoring: A Meta-Analysis of Findings
Cohen & Kulik & Kulik · 1982 · American Educational Research Journal
PaywalledSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
CitedCan Successful Schools Replicate? Scaling Up Boston's Charter Schools
Cohodes & Setren & Walters · 2021 · American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
PreprintSchool Choice
Equality of Educational Opportunity (Coleman Report)
Coleman et al. · 1966 · U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Open AccessOut-of-School Factors
CitedNot Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes for Disadvantaged Youth
Cook et al. · 2015 · IPR Working Paper
PreprintHigh-Dosage Tutoring
CitedMuch Ado About Grit: A Meta-Analytic Synthesis of the Grit Literature
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PaywalledSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
CitedUrban Charter School Study: Report on Charter School Performance in 41 Urban Regions
— · 2015 · Stanford University
Open AccessSchool Choice
The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future
Darling-Hammond · 2010 · Teachers College Press
PaywalledTeacher Quality
Educating the Whole Child: Improving School Climate to Support Student Success
Darling-Hammond & Cook-Harvey · 2018 · Learning Policy Institute
Open AccessTeacher Quality
CitedGrit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals
Duckworth et al. · 2007 · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
PaywalledSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
CitedDon't Grade Schools on Grit
Duckworth · 2016
Open AccessSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
CitedThe Impact of Enhancing Students' Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions
Durlak et al. · 2011 · Child Development
PreprintSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
CitedSystematic Phonics Instruction Helps Students Learn to Read: Evidence from the National Reading Panel's Meta-Analysis
Ehri et al. · 2001 · Review of Educational Research
PaywalledReading Instruction
CitedLong-Term Effects of Class Size
Fredriksson & Öckert & Oosterbeek · 2013 · Quarterly Journal of Economics
PreprintClass Size
CitedInjecting Charter School Best Practices into Traditional Public Schools: Evidence from Houston's Apollo 20 Program
Fryer · 2014 · Quarterly Journal of Economics
PreprintSchool Choice
Does Teacher Certification Matter? High School Teacher Certification Status and Student Achievement
Goldhaber & Brewer · 2000 · Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
PaywalledTeacher Quality
CitedAssessing the 'Rothstein Falsification Test': Does It Really Show Teacher Value-Added Models Are Biased?
Goldhaber & Chaplin · 2015 · Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
PaywalledTeacher Quality
The Long-Term Effects of Universal Preschool in Boston
Gray-Lobe & Pathak & Walters · 2023 · Quarterly Journal of Economics
PaywalledReading Instruction
CitedHow Citation Distortions Create Unfounded Authority: Analysis of a Citation Network
Greenberg · 2009 · BMJ
PaywalledSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
CitedThe Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement
Greenwald & Hedges & Laine · 1996 · Review of Educational Research
PaywalledSchool Funding
Hard Words: Why Aren't Kids Being Taught to Read?
Hanford · 2018 · APM Reports
Open AccessReading Instruction
CitedAn Exploratory Quantitative Analysis of Research on Structured Literacy and Balanced Literacy Approaches
Hansford & Buckingham & Meeks · 2025 · Working Paper
PaywalledReading Instruction
CitedThe Economics of Schooling: Production and Efficiency in Public Schools
Hanushek · 1986 · Journal of Economic Literature
PaywalledClass Size
CitedAssessing the Effects of School Resources on Student Performance: An Update
Hanushek · 1997 · Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
PaywalledSchool Funding
CitedThe Market for Teacher Quality
Hanushek & Kain & O'Brien & Rivkin · 2005 · NBER Working Paper No. 11154
PreprintTeacher Quality
CitedThe Economic Value of Higher Teacher Quality
Hanushek · 2011 · Economics of Education Review
PreprintTeacher Quality
CitedThe Knowledge Capital of Nations: Education and the Economics of Growth
Hanushek & Woessmann · 2015 · MIT Press
PaywalledInternational Systems
Leading Schools as Learning Organizations
Harris & Jones · 2017 · School Leadership & Management
PaywalledInternational Systems
CitedThe Effects of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities on Labor Market Outcomes and Social Behavior
Heckman & Stixrud & Urzua · 2006 · Journal of Labor Economics
PreprintSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
CitedThe Rate of Return to the HighScope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman et al. · 2010 · Journal of Public Economics
PreprintEarly Childhood
CitedSchool Vouchers and Academic Performance: Results from Three Randomized Field Trials
Howell et al. · 2002 · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
PaywalledSchool Choice
CitedDoes Money Matter in the Long Run? Effects of School Spending on Educational Attainment
Hyman · 2017 · American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
PreprintSchool Funding
CitedWhat Do Test Scores Miss? The Importance of Teacher Effects on Non-Test Score Outcomes
Jackson · 2018 · Journal of Political Economy
PreprintSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
CitedWhat Works and For Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across The U.S.
Biasi, Lafortune & Schönholzer · 2024 · NBER Working Paper 32040
PreprintSchool Funding
CitedClass Size Reduction and Student Achievement: The Potential Tradeoff between Teacher Quality and Class Size
Jepsen & Rivkin · 2009 · Journal of Human Resources
PaywalledClass Size
CitedEffects of a Voluntary Summer Reading Intervention on Reading Achievement: Results from a Randomized Field Trial
Kim · 2006 · Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
PaywalledReading Instruction
Gains from Training in Phonological Awareness in Kindergarten Predict Reading Development in the First 9 School Years
Kjeldsen et al. · 2014 · Reading and Writing
PaywalledInternational Systems
CitedA Blueprint for Scaling Tutoring Across Public Schools
Kraft & Falken · 2021 · AERA Open
Open AccessHigh-Dosage Tutoring
CitedExperimental Estimates of Education Production Functions
Krueger · 1999 · Quarterly Journal of Economics
PreprintClass Size
Accelerated Schools for Disadvantaged Students
Levin · 1997 · Educational Leadership
PaywalledInternational Systems
CitedEffects of the Tennessee Voluntary Prekindergarten Program on Children's Achievement and Behavior through Third Grade
Lipsey & Farran & Durkin · 2018 · Early Childhood Research Quarterly
PreprintEarly Childhood
CitedReading Recovery: An Evaluation of the i3 Scale-Up
May et al. · 2016 · Consortium for Policy Research in Education
PreprintReading Instruction
CitedReading Recovery: An Evaluation of the i3 Scale-Up
May et al. · 2023 · Consortium for Policy Research in Education
PreprintReading Instruction
CitedThe Intertemporal Variability of Teacher Effect Estimates
McCaffrey & Sass & Lockwood & Mihaly · 2009 · Education Finance and Policy
PaywalledTeacher Quality
Neighborhood Poverty and Children's Academic Skills and Behavior in Early Elementary School
Morrissey & Vinopal · 2018 · Journal of Marriage and Family
PaywalledOut-of-School Factors
CitedHow the World's Most Improved School Systems Keep Getting Better
Mourshed & Chijioke & Barber · 2010 · McKinsey & Company
PreprintInternational Systems
Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction
National Reading Panel · 2000 · NICHD
Open AccessReading Instruction
CitedThe Effect of School Construction on Test Scores, School Enrollment, and Home Prices
Neilson & Zimmerman · 2014 · Journal of Public Economics
PreprintSchool Funding
CitedThe Impressive Effects of Tutoring on PreK-12 Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence
Nickow & Oreopoulos & Quan · 2020 · NBER Working Paper
Open AccessHigh-Dosage Tutoring
CitedHow Large Are Teacher Effects?
Nye & Konstantopoulos & Hedges · 2004 · Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
PaywalledInternational Systems
Revised Estimates of the Impacts of Head Start: A Target Population Approach
Pages et al. · 2020 · Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Open AccessEarly Childhood
CitedHead Start Impact Study: Final Report
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Gov. ReportEarly Childhood
CitedThird Grade Follow-up to the Head Start Impact Study: Final Report
Puma et al. · 2012 · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, OPRE Report 2012-45
Gov. ReportEarly Childhood
CitedThe Widening Academic Achievement Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: New Evidence and Possible Explanations
Reardon · 2011 · Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances
PaywalledOut-of-School Factors
CitedTeachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement
Rivkin & Hanushek & Kain · 2005 · Econometrica
PreprintTeacher Quality
CitedThe Impact of Individual Teachers on Student Achievement: Evidence from Panel Data
Rockoff · 2004 · American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings
PreprintTeacher Quality
CitedTeacher Quality in Educational Production: Tracking, Decay, and Student Achievement
Rothstein · 2010 · Quarterly Journal of Economics
PaywalledTeacher Quality
Revisiting the Impacts of Teachers
Rothstein · 2016 · Working Paper
Open AccessTeacher Quality
CitedPrivate School Vouchers and Student Achievement: An Evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
Rouse · 1998 · Quarterly Journal of Economics
PreprintSchool Choice
Finnish Lessons 3.0: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?
Sahlberg · 2020 · Teachers College Press
PreprintInternational Systems
CitedQuantifying 'Promising Trials Bias' in Randomized Controlled Trials in Education
Sims et al. · 2023 · Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
PaywalledSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
CitedTo What Extent and Under Which Circumstances Are Growth Mind-Sets Important to Academic Achievement? Two Meta-Analyses
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PaywalledSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
Academic Benefits from Parental Involvement Are Stratified by Parental Socioeconomic Status: A Meta-Analysis
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PaywalledOut-of-School Factors
Classroom climate and children's academic and psychological wellbeing: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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PaywalledInternational Systems
Professional Learning in the Learning Profession: A Status Report on Teacher Development in the United States and Abroad
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Open AccessTeacher Quality
A Case of Successful Teaching Policy: Connecticut's Long-Term Efforts to Improve Teaching and Learning
Wilson & Darling-Hammond & Berry · 2001 · Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy
Open AccessReading Instruction
CitedFamily Poverty and Neighborhood Poverty: Links with Children's School Readiness Before and After the Great Recession
Wolf & Magnuson & Kimbro · 2017 · Children and Youth Services Review
PaywalledOut-of-School Factors
CitedClass-Size Effects in School Systems Around the World: Evidence from Between-Grade Variation in TIMSS
Wößmann & West · 2006 · European Economic Review
PaywalledClass Size
CitedA National Experiment Reveals Where a Growth Mindset Improves Achievement
Yeager et al. · 2019 · Nature
PreprintSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
Teacher mindsets help explain where a growth-mindset intervention does and doesn't work
Yeager et al. · 2021 · Psychological Science
PaywalledSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills
What can be learned from growth mindset controversies?
Yeager & Dweck · 2020 · American Psychologist
PaywalledSEL & Non-Cognitive Skills