Julie R. Trivitt

TL;DR: This article found that the percentage of questions left unanswered during the baseline year, when respondents were adolescents, is a significant predictor of later-life outcomes and that respondents with higher item response rates are more likely to attain higher levels of education.

TL;DR: The authors found that the percentage of questions skipped during the baseline year when respondents were adolescents is a significant predictor of later-life educational attainment, net of cognitive ability, and they posit that response rates are a measure of conscientiousness, though additional research is required to determine what exact noncognitive skills are being captured by item response rates.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the usefulness of a corporate brand when parental school choice is expanded through K-12 tuition scholarships and evaluate whether Catholic schools carry an identifiable education brand (1) preferred even by non-Catholics, (2) for reasons connected to the brand, signaling largely accurate information resulting in an enduring "match" of school characteristics to student needs, and (4) leading to exit from the program when a Catholic school fails to meet consumers' brand expectations.

TL;DR: This paper used a regression discontinuity design to evaluate the impact of Florida's high-stakes testing policy on student proficiency in the low-stakes subject of science and found that students in schools facing more immediate sanctions under the policy made substantial gains in the highstakes subjects of math and reading.

TL;DR: In this article, the government has sought to improve the quality of the teacher workforce by requiring certification, and teachers are among the most licensed public personnel employees in the United States, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.