Journal Articles
“Teacher Preparation and Student Achievement.” Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis (with Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, and James Wyckoff). Volume 31, No. 4 December 2009.
“The State Role in Teacher Professional Development and Education throughout Teachers' Careers,” Education Finance and Policy (with Luke Miller and Katharine Strunk) Volume 4, Number 2. Spring 2009.
“The State Role in Teacher Compensation,” Education Finance and Policy (with Luke Miller and Katharine Strunk) Volume 4, Number 1. Winter 2009
“Surveying the Landscape of Teacher Education in New York City: Constrained Variation and the Challenge of Innovation.” Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis (with Donald Boyd, Pam Grossman, Karen Hammerness, R. Hamilton Lankford, Morva McDonald, Michelle Reininger, Mathew Ronfeldt, and James Wyckoff) Volume 30, No. 4 December 2008.
“The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and its Implications for Student Achievement in High-Poverty Schools.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (with Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Jonah Rockoff, and James Wyckoff) Volume 27 Issue 4. Fall 2008.
“What Do Cost Functions Tell Us About the Cost of an Adequate Education? ” Peabody Journal of Education (with Robert Costrell and Eric Hanushek) (vol. 83, no. 2), 198-223. April 2008.
“Gettting Down to Facts: School Finance and Governance in California,” Education Finance and Policy 3(1) (with Anthony Bryk and Eric Hanushek) 2008.
“How Schools and Students Respond to School Improvement Programs: The Case of Brazil’s PDE,” Economics of Education Review 27(1) (with Martin Carnoy, Amber Gove, Jeffery Marshall, and Miguel Socias). 2008.
“The Impact of Assessment and Accountability on Teacher Recruitment and Retention: Are There Unintended Consequences?” Public Finance Review (with Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, and James Wyckoff). Volume 36 No 88, 2008: page 88-11.
“Accountability and Local Control: Incentive Response With and Without Authority Over Resource Generation and Allocation,” Education Finance and Policy 2(1) (with Katharine Strunk) 2007.
“How much is too much? The Effects of Duration and Intensity of Child Care Experiences on
Children’s Social and Cognitive Development” Economics of Education Review 26(1). p.52-66. (with Margaret Bridges, Daphna Bassok, Bruce Fuller and Russ Rumberger). 2007
“How Changes in Entry Requirements Alter the Teacher Workforce and Affect Student Achievement” Education Finance and Policy1(2). (with Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, and James Wyckoff). 2006
“Complex by Design: Investigating Pathways into Teaching in NYC Schools” Journal of Teacher Education 57(2). (with Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Nicholas Michelli, and James Wyckoff). 2006
“Explaining the Short Careers of High-Achieving Teachers in Schools with Low-Performing Students,” American Economic Review 95(2): Papers and Proceedings of the 2005 American Economic Association Meetings. (with Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, and James Wyckoff). 2005
"How Teaching Conditions Predict Teacher Turnover in California Schools," Peabody Journal of Education 80(3) (with Linda Darling-Hammond, and John Luczak). 2005.
“The Draw of Home: How Teachers’ Preferences for Proximity Disadvantage Urban Schools,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24(1). (with Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, and James Wyckoff). 2005
“States Formation of the Child Care Sector: Family Demand and Central Policy,” Sociology of Education 77 (4),pp. 337-358 (with Bruce Fuller, Annelie Strath, and Bidemi Abioseh Carrol) 2004.
“Child Care in Poor Communities: Early Learning Effects of Type, Quality and Stability,” Child Development 75 (1) ( January/February), pp. 47-65(with Bruce Fuller, Sharon Lynn Kagan, and Bidemi Abioseh Carrol) 2004.
"Federal Contributions to High-Income School Districts: The Use of Tax Deductions for Funding K-12 Education," Economics of Education Review. (with Miguel Socias) 2004.
“The Contribution of Administrative and Experimental Data to Education Policy Research,” National Tax Journal, 56(2). p 415-438. (with Katharine Strunk) 2003.
“Does External Accountability Affect Student Outcomes? A Cross-State Analysis,” Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 24(4). 305-331 (With Martin Carnoy) 2003.
“How Welfare Reform Impacts Preschool-Age Children: An Analysis of Random Assignment Data from Connecticut,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 22(4). (with Bruce Fuller, Sharon Lynn Kagan, and Bidemi Abioseh Carrol). 2003
“Teacher Sorting and the Plight of Urban Schools: A Descriptive Analysis,” Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 24(1) p. 37-62 (with Hamilton Lankford and James Wyckoff). 2002.
“Estimating the Effects of School Finance Reform: A Framework for a Federalist System,” Journal of Public Economics, 80(2). May, 2001.
“Welfare, Work Experience, and Economic Self-Sufficiency," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 20(1). (with Mary Corcoran) 2001.
“Examining The Link Between Teacher Wages and Student Outcomes: The Importance of Alternative Labor Market Opportunities and Non-Pecuniary Variation,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 82(3). (with Marianne Page) 2000.
“School Size in Chicago Elementary Schools: Effects on Teachers' Attitudes and Students' Achievement,” American Educational Research Journal, 37(1). (with Valerie E. Lee). Spring, 2000: pp. 3-31
“Contextual Effects of Prekindergarten Classrooms for Disadvantaged Children on Cognitive Development: The Case of Chapter 1,” Child Development 69(2). pp 479-494 (with Valerie E. Lee and Sally Lubeck) 1998.
“Centralization of School Finance in Michigan,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 16(1): pp. 114-136. (with Paul N. Courant) 1997.
“The Effect of Measured School Inputs on Academic Achievement: Evidence from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s Birth Cohorts,” Review of Economics and Statistics 78(4): pp. 653-664. (with John Bound) 1996.
“Michigan’s Recent School Finance Reforms: A Preliminary Report,” American Economic Review 85 (2): pp. 372-377. (with Paul N. Courant and Edward Gramlich) 1995.
“Where do Head Start Attendees End Up? One Reason Why Preschool Effects Fade Out,” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 17(1), Spring 1995: pp. 62-82. (with Valerie E. Lee).
“Gender Differences in Secondary School Teachers’ Control Over Classroom and School Policy,” American Journal of Education 103(3), May 1995: pp. 259-301. (with Valerie E. Lee and Helen M. Marks).
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