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Education Finance and Policy Journal
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EFP publishes policy-relevant research papers concerning education finance, policy, and practice.
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#FridayFeature: “Explaining Gaps in Readiness for College-Level Math: The Role of High School Courses” by Mark C. Long, Patrice Iatarola, and Dylan Conger.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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#TakeawayTuesday: “Assessing the Relative Progressivity of the Biden Administration's Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Proposal” by Jacob Goss, Daniel Mangrum, and Joelle Scally.
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August 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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#FridayFeature: 2010 EFP article "Mix and Match: What Principals Really Look for When Hiring Teachers" by Douglas N. Harris, Stacey A. Rutledge, William K. Ingle, and Cynthia C. Thompson.
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August 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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#TakeawayTuesday: “A Bridge to Graduation: Post-Secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams," by Jane Arnold Lincove, Catherine Mata, and Kalena E. Cortes.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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#FridayFeature: "Teacher Mobility, School Segregation, and Pay-Based Policies to Level the Playing Field" by Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor, explores whether salary differentials address unequal teacher quality.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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#TakeawayTuesday: "Paying for Free Lunch: The Impact of CEP Universal Free Meals on Revenues, Spending, and Student Health," Michah W. Rothbart, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Emily Gutierrez examine the fiscal and health impacts of the CEP.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#FridayFeature: "Does Teacher Evaluation Improve School Performance? Experimental Evidence from Chicago's Excellence in Teaching Project," by Matthew P. Steinberg and Lauren Sartain.
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August 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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#TakeawayTuesday: “CTE-Focused Dual Enrollment: Participation and Outcomes” by Julie A. Edmunds, Fatih Unlu, Brian Phillips, Christine Mulhern, and Bryan C. Hutchins. 
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July 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#FridayFeature: In "Development, Discouragement, or Diversion? New Evidence on the Effects of College Remediation Policy," Judith Scott-Clayton and Olga Rodriguez examine the complex role of remedial coursework in higher education.
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July 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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#TakeawayTuesday: "Testing, Teacher Turnover, and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools," Dillon Fuchsman, Tim R. Sass, and Gema Zamarro investigate whether high-stakes testing contributes to teacher attrition and mobility.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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#FridayFeature: “Does Student Sorting Invalidate Value-Added Models of Teacher Effectiveness?”, a 2011 study by Cory Koedel and Julian R. Betts, takes a closer look at a major critique of value-added models (VAMs) in education.
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July 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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July 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#FridayFeature: “Can Value-Added Measures of Teacher Performance Be Trusted?” by Cassandra M. Guarino, Mark D. Reckase, and Jeffrey M.
In this study, the authors evaluate how accurately value-added models estimate teacher effectiveness.
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July 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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#TakeawayTuesday: “The Effect of Universal Free School Meals on Child BMI” by Will Davis, Daniel Kreisman, and Tareena Musaddiq. The study finds no increase in obesity risk, while also noting small reductions in underweight prevalence.
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July 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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#FridayFeature: "Effective Schools: Teacher Hiring, Assignment, Development, and Retention" by Susanna Loeb, Demetra Kalogrides, and Tara Béteille. Using value-added methods, the authors explore how a school’s effectiveness is shaped.
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July 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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#TakeawayThursday: “Making the (Letter) Grade.” Kristin Butcher, Patrick J. McEwan, and Akila Weerapana explore the effects of Wellesley College’s fall 2014 policy mandating pass/fail grading for first-semester students.
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July 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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#FridayFeature: “Linking Teacher Quality, Student Attendance, and Student Achievement” by Seth Gershenson. In this insightful 2016 study, the author estimate teacher effects on primary school student absences within a value-added framework.
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June 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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#TakeawayThursday, we highlight “Instructional Coaching Personnel and Program Scalability” by David Blazar, Doug McNamara, and Genine Blue. This research brings critical insight to education leaders aiming to expand teacher support systems.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#FridayFeature: “Student Achievement and Motivation in Middle School” by Helen F. Ladd and Lucy C. Sorensen. This study uses administrative data from North Carolina to examine how teacher experience affects middle school student outcomes.
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June 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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#TakeawayTuesday: “Cyber versus Brick and Mortar” by Sarah A. Cordes, provides a rigorous comparison of brick-and-mortar and cyber charter high schools in Pennsylvania.
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June 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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#FridayFeature: In “Unscheduled School Closings and Student Performance,” Dave E. Marcotte and Steven W. Hemelt examines how unscheduled school closures, primarily due to snow, affect student performance on statewide assessments in Maryland.
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June 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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#TakeawayTuesday: “The Determinants of Early Investments in Urban School Systems in the United States,” Ethan Schmick investigates the origins of this dramatic shift, using newly digitized biennial data from 386 of the largest urban school systems.
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June 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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#FridayFeature: “The New Educational Accountability: Understanding the Landscape of Teacher Evaluation in the Post-NCLB Era” by Matthew P. Steinberg and Morgaen L. Donaldson, a pivotal study on the evolution of teacher evaluations in the post-NCLB era.
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May 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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This #TakeawayTuesday, we explore “College Gap Time and Academic Outcomes for Women: Evidence from Missionaries.” Margaret Marchant and Jocelyn S. Wikle explore how gap years before college impact women’s academic outcomes.
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May 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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For this #FridayFeature, we highlight the highly-cited article "Boys Named Sue: Disruptive Children and Their Peers," which investigates the far-reaching effects of disruptive behavior on classroom dynamics and student academic outcomes.

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May 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM