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Peer reviewedGoldhaber, Dan D.; Brewer, Dominic J.; Eide, Eric R.; Rees, Daniel I. – Economics of Education Review, 1999
Examines Milwaukee Parental Choice Program data to determine whether students with unobserved characteristics correlated with achievement are more likely to apply to the voucher program. Nonapplicants have higher math and reading tests scores. However, applicants have no unmeasured characteristics (like motivation) that differ significantly from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends
Peer reviewedEide, Eric; Brewer, Dominic J.; Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Economics of Education Review, 1998
Explores whether benefits of attending an elite college have kept pace with rising costs. Examines whether undergraduate college quality affects probability of attending graduate school, using data on three student cohorts from two national longitudinal studies. Generally, attending an elite private college significantly increases the probability…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits
Peer reviewedBrewer, Dominic J. – Economics of Education Review, 1996
Presents 1978-87 resource-allocation data for 700 New York State school districts to explore possible (district-level) relationships between administrative inputs and educational output (standardized test scores). Various statistical models show inconsistent results, providing weak support for the contention that administrative resources are…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedEhrenberg, Ronald G.; Brewer, Dominic J. – Economics of Education Review, 1995
Reanalyzes data from the classic 1966 Coleman Report. Addresses whether teacher characteristics, including verbal ability and race, influenced students'"synthetic gain scores." Findings support this hypothesis. Verbal scores mattered equally for black teachers and white teachers. Black teachers were associated with higher gain scores for black…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Peer reviewedBrewer, Dominic J. – Economics of Education Review, 1993
Presents an empirical analysis of principals' influences on public high school students' academic achievement, using "High School and Beyond" data. Principal characteristics and variables designed to capture less tangible aspects of the principal's role are included in educational production functions. Results suggest that principals have a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Goal Orientation, High Schools
Peer reviewedEhrenberg, Ronald G.; Brewer, Dominic J. – Economics of Education Review, 1994
Uses High School and Beyond longitudinal study data to estimate extent to which school characteristics and teacher characteristics influence probability that public high school students will drop out between sophomore and senior years; and increases in nonleaving students' achievement test scores during the same two-year period. School and teacher…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, High Schools, Influences, Institutional Characteristics
