Policy Reports, Solicited, and Public Writings
Policy Reports
"K-8 Student Achievement and Achievement Gaps on Michigan’s 2020-21 Benchmark and Summative Assessments" (with Tara Kilbride, Bryant Hopkins, and Katharine Strunk), 2022.
Solicited or Public Writings
"COVID-19 hurt kids’ math learning more than reading and writing – with the biggest setbacks in fall 2020" (with Katharine Strunk)
The Conversation, 2023.
“College Majors Affect More Than Average Earnings” (with Rodney Andrews, Michael Lovenheim, and Kevin Stange).
VoxEu.org, 2022.
“Does Reopening Schools Cause Covid-19 to Spread? It’s Complicated.” (with Dan Goldhaber and Katharine Strunk)
The Conversation, 2021.
“In-person Schooling and Community Spread of COVID-19” (with Dan Goldhaber, Katharine Strunk, Bryant Hopkins, Nate Brown, Erica Harbatkin, and Tara Kilbride).
VoxEu.org. 2021.
"Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education: New Evidence on the Debate Over Disproportionality” (with Todd Elder, David Figlio, and Claudia Persico)
Education Next, 21 (2), 2021.
“Regulatory Arbitrage in Teacher Hiring and Retention: Evidence from Massachusetts Charter Schools” (with Jesse Bruhn and Marcus Winters).
VoxEu.org. 2020.
“How Effective are Financial Incentives for Teachers?”
IZA World of Labor, 2015.
“Student Incentives”
Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance, Dominic Brewer and Lawrence Picus, eds. Sage Publications, 2014.
“Econometric Methods for Research in Education”
Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance, Dominic Brewer and Lawrence Picus, eds. Sage Publications, 2014.
"Poor Results for High Achievers: Hard Evidence on the Impact of Gifted and Talented Programs" with Sa Bui and Steven Craig.
Education Next, 12(1), 2012