Publications
Teaching Math to the Talented: Which Countries - and States - are Producing High-Achieving Students?
(with Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann). Education Next, pp. 10-18. Winter 2011
Paying Teachers Appropriately
In Darrel Drury and Justin Baer (ed.). The American Public School Teacher: Past, Present, and Future, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press), pp. 109-118. 2011Sample Selectivity and the Validity of International Student Achievement Tests in Economic Research
(with Ludger Woessmann). Economics Letters, 110(2), pp. 79-82. Feb-11
The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement
(with Ludger Woessmann) in Eric A. Hanushek, Stephen Machin and Ludger Woessmann (ed.). Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 3, Amsterdam: North Holland, pp. 89-200. 2011Feeling Too Good About Our Schools
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 18-Jan-11U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective: How Well Does Each State Do at Producing High-Achieving Students?
(with Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann). PEPG Report No. 10–19, Cambridge, MA: Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University. Nov-10Improving the Evaluation of Teachers
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 17-Nov-10Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 3
(co-editor with Stephen J. Machin and Ludger Woessmann). Amsterdam: North Holland, 616 pages. 2010An Evidence-Based World
In Koret Task Force. American Education in 2030: An Assessment by Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution. 2010UFT wrong to fight Joel Klein's attempt to release teacher data, says leading education researcher
New York Daily News. 27-Oct-10The Difference is Teacher Quality
in Karl Weber (ed.). Waiting for "Superman": How We Can Save America’s Failing Public Schools. New York: Public Affairs, pp. 81-100. 2010An Effective Teacher in Every Classroom: A lofty goal, but how to do it
(with Kati Haycock). Education Next, 10(3), pp. 46-52. Summer 2010
Why Is Reform So Hard?
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 1-Jul-10Compared to Other Countries, Does the United States Really Do That Badly in Math?
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 12-Jul-10Research and Policy: Master’s Degrees
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 14-Jun-10The Quality and Distribution of Teachers under the No Child Left Behind Act
(with Steven G. Rivkin). Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(3), pp. 133-150. Summer 2010
Generalizations about Using Value-Added Measures of Teacher Quality
(with Steven G. Rivkin). American Economic Review, 100(2), pp. 267-271. May-10
Total Student Load: Maybe worth a longer look, but hardly a revolution
(A review of The Secret of TSL: The revolutionary discovery that raises school performance, by William G. Ouchi). Education Next, 10(2), pp. 84-85. Spring 2010
Florida Positions Itself at the Forefront
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 7-Apr-10Education Production Functions: Developed Countries Evidence
in Dominic J. Brewer and Patrick J. McEwan (ed.). Economics of Education (Amsterdam: Elsevier), pp. 132-136. 2010The Choice Movement and the Courts
(with Alfred A. Lindseth). School Choice Advocate , Foundation for Educational Choice. Feb-10Education and Economic Growth
(with Ludger Woessmann) in Dominic J. Brewer and Patrick J. McEwan (ed.). Economics of Education (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010), pp. 60-67. 2010
A Clearer Picture on Charter Schools
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 11-Jan-10The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long-Run Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes
(with Ludger Woessmann). Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, pp. 1-55. 2010
Court Mandates on School Funding Sharply Decline
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 3-Nov-11Teacher Deselection
In Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway (ed.). Creating a New Teaching Profession, Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, pp. 165-180. 2009What To Do About NCLB
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 9-Nov-09Does Pollution Increase School Absences?
(with Janet Currie, E. Megan Kahn, Matthew Neidell, and Steve G. Rivkin). Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(4), pp. 683-694. Nov-09
Why are Some Environments Better than Others for Charter Schools? Today’s Policy Question
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 8-Oct-09The Supreme Court Gets School Funding Right
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 15-Sep-09School Policy: Implications of Recent Research for Human Capital Investments in South Asia and Other Developing Countries
Education Economics, 17(3), pp. 291-313. Sep-09Judicial Funding Mandates Related to Education Sharply Decline
(with Alfred A. Lindseth). State Courts Project, Federalist Society. Fall 2009
Many Schools Are Still Inadequate: Now what?
(with Alfred A. Lindseth and Michael A. Rebell). Education Next, 9(4), pp. 49-56. Fall 2009
Poor student learning explains the Latin American growth puzzle
(with Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU. 14-Aug-09New Evidence about Brown v. Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Racial Composition on Achievement
(with John F. Kain and Steven G. Rivkin). Journal of Labor Economics, 27(3), pp. 349-383. July 2009
The Economic Value of Education and Cognitive Skills
In Gary Sykes, Barbara Schneider and David N. Plank (eds.). Handbook of Education Policy Research, New York: Routledge, pp. 39-56. 2009Harming the Best: How Schools Affect the Black-White Achievement Gap
(with Steven G. Rivkin). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 29(3), pp. 366-393. Summer 2009
Quality-Consistent Estimates of International Schooling and Skill Gradients
(with Lei Zhang). Journal of Human Capital, 3(2), pp. 107-143. Summer 2009
California Needs to Make Wiser Use of School Funding
(with Alfred A. Lindseth). San Francisco Chronicle, p. A-15. 17-Jun-09Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle
(with Ludger Woessmann). NBER Working Paper 15066. Jun-09