2023
PEPG 23-01
Are Connections the Way to Get Ahead?
Social Capital, Student Achievement, Friendships, and Social Mobility
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
Angela K. Dills - Western Carolina University
M. Danish Shakeel - The University of Buckingham
2022
PEPG 22-01
Evolution vs. Creationism in the Classroom: The Lasting Effects of Science Education
Benjamin W. Arold - ETH Zurich
2021
PEPG 21-04
Public Opinion, Attitude Stability, and Education Policy
David M. Houston - George Mason University
Michael B. Henderson - Louisiana State University
Paul E. Peterson - LMU Munich and ifo
Martin R. West - Harvard University
PEPG 21-03
The Unintended Effects of Common Core State Standards on Non-Targeted Subjects
Benjamin W. Arold - LMU Munich and ifo
M. Danish Shakeel - Harvard University
PEPG 21-02
The Populist-Burkean Dimension in U.S. Public Opinion
M. Danish Shakeel - Harvard University
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
PEPG 21-01
A Half Century of Progress in U. S. Student Achievement: Agency and Flynn Effects; Ethnic and SES Differences
M. Danish Shakeel - University of Buckingham
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
2020
PEPG 20-04
Changes in the Performance of Students in Charter and District Sectors of U.S. Education: An Analysis of Nationwide Trends
M. Danish Shakeel - Harvard University
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
PEPG 20-03
Who Benefits from Local Financing of Public Services? A Causal Analysis
Carlos X. Lastra-Anadón - IE University & Stanford University
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
This replaces working paper PEPG 19-03.
PEPG 20-02
Experimentally Estimated Impacts of School Vouchers on Educational Attainments of Moderately and Severely Disadvantaged Students
Albert Cheng - University of Arkansas
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
This replaces working paper PEPG 19-02.
PEPG 20-01
Long-Run Trends in the U.S. SES-Achievement Gap
Eric A. Hanushek - Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
Laura M. Talpey - Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Ludger Woessmann - Ifo Institute at the University of Munich
2019
PEPG 19-04
Fertile Soil? How Information Does (and Does Not) Shape Attitudes toward School Choice in Rural America
M. Danish Shakeel - Harvard University
Michael Henderson - Louisiana State University
PEPG 19-01
The Unwavering SES Achievement Gap: Trends in U.S. Student Performance
Eric A. Hanushek - Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
Laura M. Talpey - Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Ludger Woessmann - Ifo Institute at the University of Munich
2018
PEPG 18-01
Experimental Estimates of Impacts of Cost-Earnings Information on Adult Aspirations for Children's Postsecondary Education
Albert Cheng - Harvard Kennedy School
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
2017
PEPG 17-02
Union Reform and Teacher Turnover: Evidence from Wisconsin's Act
Jonathan Roth - Harvard University
PEPG 17-01
Parental Perceptions of Charter Schools: Evidence from Two Nationally Representative Surveys of U. S.
Samuel Barrows - Harvard Kennedy School
Albert Cheng - Harvard Kennedy School
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
Martin R. West - Harvard Graduate School of Education
2016
PEPG 16-01
The Effect of Private School Vouchers on Political Participation: Experimental Evidence from New York City
Deven Carlson - University of Oklahoma
Matthew M. Chingos - Urban Institute
David E. Campbell - University of Notre Dame
2015
PEPG 15-04
Assessing Tradeoffs between Observational and Experimental Designs for Charter School Research
Matthew Ackerman - Harvard Kennedy School
Anna J. Egalite - Harvard Kennedy School
PEPG 15-03
Performance Information and Retrospective Voting: Evidence from a School Accountability Regime
Samuel Barrows - Harvard Kennedy School
PEPG 15-02
Is Seeing Believing? How Americans and Germans Think about their Schools
Michael B. Henderson - Louisiana State University
Philipp Lergetporer - Ifo Institute at the University of Munich
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
Katharina Werner - Ifo Institute at the University of Munich
Martin R. West - Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ludger Woessmann - Ifo Institute at the University of Munich
PEPG 15-01
Experimentally Estimated Impacts of School Vouchers on College Enrollment and Degree Attainment
Matthew M. Chingos - Brookings Institution
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
An updated version of this study has also been published in the Journal of Public Economics.
2014
PEPG 14-07
Representation in the Classroom: The Effect of Own- Race Teacher Assignment on Student Achievement
Anna J. Egalite - Harvard Kennedy School
Brian Kisida - University of Arkansas
Marcus A. Winters - University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
PEPG 14-06
The Value of Smarter Teachers: International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance
Eric A. Hanushek - Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Marc Piopiunik - Ifo Institute at the University of Munich and CESifo
Simon Wiederhold - Ifo Institute at the University of Munich
PEPG 14-05
Competitive Impacts of Means-Tested Vouchers on Public School Performance: Evidence from Louisiana and Indiana
Anna J. Egalite - Harvard Kennedy School
PEPG 14-04
The Uneven Performance of Arizona's Charter Schools
Matthew M. Chingos - Brookings Institution
Martin R. West - Harvard Graduate School of Education
PEPG 14-02
Virtual Schooling and Student Learning: Evidence from the Florida Virtual School
Matthew M. Chingos - Brookings Institution
Guido Schwerdt - University of Konstanz, CESifo, and IZA
PEPG 14-01
Not Just the Problems of Other People's Children: U.S. Student Performances in Global Perspective
Eric A. Hanushek- Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Paul E. Peterson - Harvard University
Ludger Woessmann - University of Munich
An abridged version of report findings are available in Education Next.
An interactive map providing specific information for each state is available here.
2013
PEPG 13-02
Does student performance reduce imprisonment?
Kaja Høiseth Brugård - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Torberg Falch - Norwegian University of Science and Technology and CESifo
PEPG 13-01
Which Teachers Choose a Defined Contribution Pension Plan? Evidence from the Florida Retirement System
Matthew M. Chingos - Brookings Institution
Martin R. West - Harvard Graduate School of Education