Performance-based funding in American higher education: A systematic synthesis of the intended and unintended consequences

JC Ortagus, R Kelchen, K Rosinger… - … Evaluation and Policy …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This systematic synthesis examines the intended and unintended consequences of
performance-based funding (PBF) policies in higher education. Within this synthesis, we …

Beyond tracking and detracking: The dimensions of organizational differentiation in schools

T Domina, A McEachin, P Hanselman… - Sociology of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Schools use an array of strategies to match curricula and instruction to students'
heterogeneous skills. Although generations of scholars have debated ''tracking''and its …

The importance of STEM: High school knowledge, skills and occupations in an era of growing inequality

SE Black, C Muller, A Spitz-Oener, Z He, K Hung… - Research policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) jobs have grown in
importance in the labor market in recent decades, and they are widely seen as the jobs of …

Genetic associations with mathematics tracking and persistence in secondary school

KP Harden, BW Domingue, DW Belsky… - npj Science of …, 2020 - nature.com
Maximizing the flow of students through the science, technology, engineering, and math
(STEM) pipeline is important to promoting human capital development and reducing …

What blocks the gate? Exploring current and former English learners' math course-taking in secondary school

KD Thompson - American Educational Research Journal, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This mixed-methods study couples large-scale analyses of student course-taking with case
study data to explore what blocks the gate to enrollment in and successful completion of …

Detracking and tracking up: Mathematics course placements in California middle schools, 2003–2013

T Domina, P Hanselman, NY Hwang… - American …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Between 2003 and 2013, the proportion of California eighth graders enrolled in algebra or a
more advanced course nearly doubled to 65%. In this article, we consider the organizational …

[BUCH][B] Re-imagining education for democracy

S Riddle, MW Apple - 2019 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Names: Riddle, Stewart, editor.| Apple, Michael W., editor. Title: Re-imagining education for
democracy/edited by Stewart Riddle and Michael W. Apple. Other titles: Reimagining …

The effects of changing test‐based policies for reclassifying English learners

JP Robinson‐Cimpian… - Journal of Policy Analysis …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract When students labeled English Learners (ELs) are reclassified as Fluent English
Proficient, changes often occur in services and settings (eg, changes in teachers, peers, and …

Mathematics curriculum effects on student achievement in California

C Koedel, D Li, MS Polikoff, T Hardaway… - Aera Open, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
We estimate relative achievement effects of the four most commonly adopted elementary
mathematics textbooks in the fall of 2008 and fall of 2009 in California. Our findings indicate …

Heterogeneous effects of early algebra across California middle schools

A McEachin, T Domina, A Penner - Journal of Policy Analysis …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
How should schools assign students to more rigorous math courses so as best to help their
academic outcomes? We identify several hundred California middle schools that used 7th …