Eric A. Hanushek

Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow
Stanford University

Contact

Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6010
(650) 736-0942
e-mail: hanushek@stanford.edu
home page: https://hanushek.stanford.edu

Education

1965B.S.(Distinguished Graduate) U.S. Air Force Academy
1968Ph.D.(Economics) Massachusetts Institute of Technology   
Thesis: "The Education of Negroes and Whites"

Learned Societies

American Economic Association
American Education Finance Association
(Board of Directors, 2006-2009)
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
(Policy Council, 1981-85; vice president, 1986-87; president, 1988-89)
Econometric Society
Society of Labor Economists
(Fellow, 2006- )
American Educational Research Association
(Fellow, 2008- )
International Institute of Public Finance

Honors

  • Yidan Prize for Education Research, 2021
  • Fellow, International Academy of Education, 1997
    (Board of Directors, 2002- 2008)
  • Fellow, Society of Labor Economists, 2006
  • Member, National Academy of Education, 2006
  • Fellow, American Educational Research Association, 2008
  • Fordham Prize for Excellence in Education (distinguished scholarship), 2004

Military Experience

1965-74 US Air Force (Captain)

Academic Experience

2000-

Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

  • Professor (by courtesy) of Education (2001- )
  • Senior Fellow (by courtesy), Stanford Center for International Development [SCID], Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research [SIEPR], (2003-2023)
  • Professor (by courtesy) of Economics (2004-2007)
2020-Member, Council of Luminaries, Yidan Foundation
2019-Chairman, Hoover Education Success Initiative, Stanford University
2019-Co-Director, International Comparative Educational Policy Laboratory, ifo Institute
2003-Chairman, Executive Board, Texas Schools Project, University of Texas at Dallas
2000-Senior Research Fellow, University of Texas at Dallas
1995-Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
2006-Research Professor, Ifo Institute for Economic Research (University of Munich)
2013-
Research Fellow, IZA Institute of Labor Economics
2008-Member, Management Team, Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
2008-Area coordinator, Economics of Education, CESifo Research Network
2017-2018
John H. Makin Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
2013-2016Member, Council of Academic Advisers, American Enterprise Institute
1999-2015Member, Koret Task Force on K-12 Education, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
2006-2008Member, Scientific Advisory Council, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
1978-2000

Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of Rochester

  • Founding Director, W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy (1991-99)
  • Professor of Public Policy (1992-2000)
  • Senior Research Associate, Rochester Center for Economic Research (1984-2000; Director, 1994-99)
  • Chairman, Department of Economics (1982-87; 1988-90; 1991-93)
1999-2000Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
1994Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
1975-78Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University
1974Lecturer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Reston Campus)
1968-73Associate Professor of Economics, U.S. Air Force Academy (Assistant Professor, 1969-71; Instructor, 1968-69)
1970-71Research Associate, J.F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Government Experience

2019-2023

Member, National Assessment Governing Board

2011-2013

Commissioner, Equity and Excellence Commission, U.S. Department of Education

2004-2010

Member, Board of Directors, National Board for Education Sciences  
Chair, 2008- 2010

2008-2010

Member, Council of Economic Advisors, California

2007

Member, Governor's Commission for a College Ready Texas, Texas

2006

Chair, NCLB Growth Model Pilot Peer Review, U.S. Department of Education

2005-2008

Member, Governor's Committee on Education Excellence, California

2002-2006

Member, Independent Review Panel, National Assessment of Title I, U.S. Department of Education

2001-05

Member, NCES Finance Technical Review Committee, U.S. Department of Education

2002

Member, Advisory Council on Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education

1994-98

Member, Board of Economic Advisors, New York State Assembly

1994-95

Member, Technical Panel on Trends and Issues in Retirement Savings, Advisory Council on Social Security

1987-95

Consultant, U.S. Department of Education

1986-89

Consultant, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

1987-89

Chairman, Technical Advisory Panel, Congressional Budget Office

1985-87

Member, Panel of Economic Advisers, Congressional Budget Office

1983-85

Deputy Director, Congressional Budget Office

1974

Systems Analyst, Military Airlift Command, U.S. Air Force

1973-74

Senior Economist, Cost of Living Council

1971-72

Senior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers

Other Experience

2023

President, Global Education Analytics Institute

2015-

Global Economic Adviser, LearnCapital

2011-15

Director, CollegeSpring (formerly SEE College Prep)

2010-15

Member, Education Reform Advisory Group, George W. Bush Institute

2010-15

Director, GreatSchools

2007-15

Member, Review Board for Broad Prize for Urban Education

2007

Member, Committee on Social Science Research Evidence on Racial Diversity in Schools, National Academy of Education

2000-01

Member, Committee on Scientific Principles of Education Research, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

2000

Member, Historic Preservation Commission, Town of Brighton, NY

1998-2001

Member, Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

1992-98

Member, Committee on National Statistics, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

1993-97

Chairman, Panel on Retirement Income Modeling, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

1990-94

Chairman, Panel on the Economics of Educational Reform (PEER)

1984-95

Consultant, The World Bank

1992

Chairman, Blue Ribbon Commission on Monroe County Finances, Monroe County, NY

1988-91

Chairman, Panel to Evaluate Microsimulation Models for Social Welfare Programs, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

1977-83

Consultant, Mathematica Policy Research

1976-78

Member, Mayor's Task Force on Education, New Haven, CT

1975-77

Senior Research Associate, Institute for Demographic and Economic Studies

1975-77

Consultant, Abt Associates

1972-74

Member, RFF-Academy for Contemporary Problems, Metropolitan Governance Research Committee

1969-73

Consultant, The Rand Corporation

Invited Lectures

Goldsmith Lecture, Australian National University, 2023

IIMA-SRK Annual Lecture, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020

Leaders and Luminaries Lecture, University of Texas at Dallas, 2019

City University Distinguished Lecture, City University of Hong Kong, 2018

Spring Distinguished Speaker, Crane Center, The Ohio State University, 2016

Vilfredo Pareto Lecture, Collegio Carlo Alberto, 2013

Harris Lecture, Clemson University, 2013

Waino Pihl Lecture, Wayne State University, 2012

Distinguished Scholar Lecture, Martin School of Public Policy, University of Kentucky, 2010

Giblin Lecture, University of Tasmania, 2009

Hannah Lecture, Michigan State University, 2009

Gilbert Memorial Lecture, University of Rochester, 2008

Spencer Foundation Distinguished Lecture, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2005

Sweat Lecture, Georgia State University, 2005

Birger Lecture, Tufts University, 2005

Lee Hysan Lecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004

Askwith Lecture, Harvard University, 2003

Reilly Lecture, Louisiana State University, 2002

Mullen Lecture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1999

Saks Memorial Lecture, Vanderbilt University, 1996

Editorial Activities

2016-Editorial Board, Chinese Economics of Education Review
2015-Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Professional Capital and Community
2013-Co-Editor, CESifo Economic Studies
2007-Associate Editor, Journal of Human Capital
2005-Editorial Board, Education Finance and Policy
2000-
Editorial Board, Education Next
1982-Editorial Board, Economics of Education Review
1978-2015Advisory Editor, Social Science Research
2004-2010Co-editor, Education Policy Series, International Academy of Education/International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO
2002-2008Editorial Board, Fundamentals of Educational Planning, UNESCO
2003-2007Associate Editor, Economic Bulletin
1995-2002Associate Editor, Review of Economics and Statistics
1997-2001Editorial Board, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
1994-2001Editorial Board, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
1994-96Editorial Board, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
1991-97Associate Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics
1990-95Editorial Board, Journal of Economic Education
1992-95Advisory Board, American Journal of Education
1990-94Co-editor, Journal of Human Resources
1987-89Associate Editor, Evaluation Review

Publications

Books and Monographs

Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 7. (co-editor with Stephen J. Machin and Ludger Woessmann). Amsterdam: North Holland. 2023.
Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 6. (co-editor with Stephen J. Machin and Ludger Woessmann). Amsterdam: North Holland. 2023.
Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 5. (co-editor with Stephen J. Machin and Ludger Woessmann). Amsterdam: North Holland. 2016.
The Knowledge Capital of Nations: Education and the Economics of Growth. (with Ludger Woessmann)., Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 262 pages. 2015.
Universal Basic Skills: What countries stand to gain. (with Ludger Woessmann). Paris: OECD Publishing, 110 pages. 2015.
Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School. (with Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann). Washington, DC: Brookings Press, 147 pages. 2013.
Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 4. (co-editor with Stephen J. Machin and Ludger Woessmann). Amsterdam: North Holland, 708 pages. 2011.
Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 3. (co-editor with Stephen J. Machin and Ludger Woessmann). Amsterdam: North Holland, 616 pages. 2010.
Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses: Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in America's Public Schools. (with Alfred A. Lindseth). Princeton University Press, 432 pages. 2009.
Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 2. (co-editor with Finis Welch). Amsterdam: North Holland, 742 pages. 2006.
Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 1. (co-editor with Finis Welch). Amsterdam: North Holland, 700 pages. 2006.
Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges' Good Intentions and Harm our Children. (editor). Stanford: Education Next Books, 366 pages. 2006.
Institutional Models in Education: Legal Framework and Methodological Aspects for a New Approach to the Problem of School Governance. (co-editor with Enrico Gori, Daniele Vidoni and Charles Glenn). Nijmegen, Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers, 243 pages. 2006.
The Economics of Schooling and School Quality - Volume II: Efficiency, Competition, and Policy. (editor). London: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. 2003.
The Economics of Schooling and School Quality - Volume I: Labor Markets, Distribution, and Growth. (editor). London: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 976 pages. 2003.
Assessing Policies for Retirement Income: Needs for Data, Research, and Models. (co-editor with Constance F. Citro). Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 256 pages. 1997.
Improving America's Schools: The Role of Incentives. (co-editor with Dale W. Jorgenson). Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 280 pages. 1996.
Assessing Knowledge of Retirement Behavior. (co-editor with Nancy L. Maritato). Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 288 pages. 1996.
Modern Political Economy: Old Topics, New Directions. (co-editor with Jeffrey S. Banks). New York: Cambridge University Press, 283 pages. 1995.
Making Schools Work: Improving Performance and Controlling Costs Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 200 pages. 1994.
Educação Rural: Lições do Edurural. (with João Batista F. Gomes Neto, Ralph W. Harbison, and Raimundo Hélio Leite) . São Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, 236 pages. 1994.
Educational Performance of the Poor: Lessons from Rural Northeast Brazil. (with Ralph W. Harbison). New York: Oxford University Press, 362 pages. 1992.
Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions: The Uses of Microsimulation Modeling - Volume II: Technical Papers. (co-editor with Constance F. Citro)
. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 368 pages. 1991.
Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions: The Uses of Microsimulation Modeling - Volume I: Review and Recommendations. (co-editor with Constance F. Citro). Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 360 pages. 1991.
Statistical Methods for Social Scientists. (with John E. Jackson). New York: Academic Press, 374 pages. 1977.
Education and Race: An Analysis of the Educational Production Process Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 176 pages. 1972.

Articles

Employer Learning and the Dynamics of Returns to Universities: Evidence from Chinese Elite Education during University Expansion. (with Sylvie Démurger and Lei Zhang). Economic Development and Cultural Change. .
Contexts of Convenience: Generalizing from Published Evaluations of School Finance Policies. (with Danielle V. Handel). Evaluation Review, 48(3), June, 461–494. .
Testing. (with Annika B. Bergbauer and Ludger Woessmann). Journal of Human Resources, 59(2), March, 349-388. .
A Global Perspective on US Learning Losses. Hoover Education Success Initiative. .
Global Universal Basic Skills: Current Deficits and Implications for World Development. (with Sarah Gust and Ludger Woessmann). Journal of Development Economics, 166 (January), 103205. .
Performance Information and Personnel Decisions in the Public Sector: The Case of School Principals. (with Julie Berry Cullen, Gregory Phelan, and Steven G. Rivkin). Journal of Human Resources, 59(1), January. .
Some Evolving Issues in K–12 Education . In Michael J. Boskin (ed.). American Federalism Today: Perspectives on Political and Economic Governance. .
Fixing Schools Through Finance. In Stephen L. Bowen and Margaret E. Raymond (ed.). A Nation at Risk +40, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution, 161-179. .
Academic mobility in U.S. public schools: Evidence from nearly 3 million students. (with Wes Austin, David Figlio, and others). Journal of Public Economics, 228, 105016. .
Incidence and Outcomes of School Finance Litigation: 1968-2021. (with Matthew Joyce-Wirtz). Public Finance Review, 56(6), November, 741-781. .
U.S. School Finance: Resources and Outcomes. (with Danielle Victoria Handel) in Eric A. Hanushek, Stephen Machin and Ludger Woessmann (ed.). Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 7, Amsterdam: North Holland, 143-226. .
The Economic Cost of the Pandemic: State by State. Hoover Education Success Initiative. .
Long-run Trends in the U.S. SES-Achievement Gap. (with Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, and Ludger Woessmann). Education Finance and Policy, 17(4), 608-640. .
Patience, Risk-Taking, and Human Capital Investment across Countries. (with Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, and Ludger Woessmann). Economic Journal, 132 (646), pp. 2290-2307. .
The Basic Skills Gap. (with Ludger Woessmann). Finance & Development, 59(2), pp. 50-53. .
Residential Location and Education in the United States. (with Kuzey Yilmaz). In Charles K.Y. Leung (ed.). Handbook of Real Estate and Macroeconomics, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 106-136. .
The Political Economy of ILSAs in Education: The Role of Knowledge Capital in Economic Growth. (with Ludger Woessmann). International Handbook of Comparative Large-Scale Studies in Education, Springer . .
Does the World Change for Teachers?. In Margaret E. Raymond (ed.). How to Improve our Schools in the Post-COVID Era, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution. .
Budgeting During and For Recovery. In Margaret E. Raymond (ed.). How to Improve our Schools in the Post-COVID Era, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution. .
Addressing Cross-national Generalizability in Educational Impact Evaluation. International Journal of Educational Development, 80, 102318. .
United States: The Uphill Schools’ Struggle. In Nuno Crato (ed.). Improving a Country’s Education: PISA 2018 Results in 10 Countries, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 227-247. .
Test-Based Accountability in Distressed Times. (with Chester E. Finn Jr.). The State Education Standard, September 20(3), pp. 13-17. .
The Economic Impacts of Learning Losses. (with Ludger Woessmann). Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. .
A quantitative look at the economic impact of the European Union’s educational goals. (with Ludger Woessmann). Education Economics, 28(3), 225-244. .
Education, Knowledge Capital, and Economic Growth. (with Ludger Woessmann). In Steve Bradley and Colin Green (ed.). Economics of Education, 2nd Edition, London: Academic Press, pp. 171-182. .
The Unavoidable: Tomorrow’s Teacher Compensation. Hoover Education Success Initiative. .
Quality Education and Economic Development. In Brajesh Panth and Rupert Maclean (ed.). Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs: Key Issues, Concerns, and Prospects, Singapore: Springer, pp. 25-32. .
Education Production Functions. in Steve Bradley and Colin Green (ed.). Economics of Education, 2nd Edition , London: Academic Press, pp. 161-170. .
The Value of Smarter Teachers: International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance. (with Marc Piopiunik and Simon Wiederhold). Journal of Human Resources, 54(4), pp. 857-899. .
Knowledge Capital and Economic Growth. (with Ludger Woessmann). In Rolf Becker (ed.). Research Handbook on the Sociology of Education, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 476-497. .
The Fall of Educational Productivity and Policy Paralysis. In Lindsay M. Burke and Jonathan Butcher (ed.). The Not-So-Great Society, Washington, DC: Heritage Foundation, pp. 45-51. .
The Achievement Gap Fails to Close: Half Century of testing shows persistent divide between haves and have-nots. (with Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, and Ludger Woessmann). Education Next, 19(3), pp. 8-17. .
Testing, Accountability and the American Economy. ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 683, 110-128. .
Do Smarter Teachers Make Smarter Students? International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance. (with Marc Piopiunik and Simon Wiederhold). Education Next, 19(2) , pp. 57-64. .
Volkswirtschaftliche Folgen von Bildungsarmut: Was ein Entwicklungsziel „Grundkompetenzen für alle“ erreichen könnte. (with Ludger Woessmann). In Gudrun Quenzel and Klaus Hurrelmann (ed.). Handbuch Bildungsarmut, Springer VS, pp. 547-554. .
Education and the Growth-Equity Trade-off. In Charles Hulten and Valerie Ramey (ed.). Education, Skills and Technical Change: Implications for Future U.S. GDP Growth, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 293-312. .
Missouri's Economic Future Lies with School Reform. Missouri Policy Journal, 6, pp. 23-38. .
Economic Gains from Educational Reform by US States. (with Jens Ruhose and Ludger Woessmann). Journal of Human Capital, 11(4), pp. 447-486. .
Knowledge Capital and Aggregate Income Differences: Development Accounting for U.S. States. (with Jens Ruhose and Ludger Woessmann). American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 9(4) , pp. 184-224. .
Defining Productivity in Education: Issues and Illustrations. (with Elizabeth Ettema). The American Economist, 65(2), pp. 165-183. .
Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills. (with Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold, and Ludger Woessmann) . Economic Letters, 153, pp. 15-19. .
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle. (with Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Woessmann, and Lei Zhang). Journal of Human Resources, 52(1), pp. 49-88. .
For Long Term Economic Development, Only Skills Matter. IZA World of Labor, 343. .
School Resources and Student Achievement: A Review of Cross-Country Economic Research. (with Ludger Woessmann). In Monica Rosén, Kajsa Yang Hansen, and Ulrika Wolff (ed.). Cognitive Abilities and Educational Outcomes: A Festschrift in Honour of Jan-Eric Gustafsson, Springer, pp. 149-171. .
Dynamic Effects of Teacher Turnover on the Quality of Instruction. (with Steven G. Rivkin and Jeffrey C. Schiman). Economics of Education Review, 55, pp. 132-148. .
Skills, Mobility, and Growth. (with Ludger Woessmann). In Alexandra Brown, David Buchholz, Daniel Davis, and Arturo Gonzalez (ed.). Economic Mobility: Research & Ideas on Strengthening Families, Communities & the Economy, St. Louis, MO: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, pp. 423-449. .
Education Reform. In Scott W. Atlas, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Eric A. Hanushek, Edward P. Lazear, Lee Ohanian, Joshua D. Rauh, and Frank A. Wolak. Economic Policy Challenges Facing California’s Next Governor, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, pp. 19-23. .
Will more higher education improve economic growth?. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 32(4), pp. 538-552. .
Education and the Nation's Future. In George P. Shultz (ed.). Blueprint for America, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, pp. 89-108. .
It Pays to Improve School Quality. (with Jens Ruhose and Ludger Woessmann). Education Next, 16(3) , pp. 16-24. .
What Matters for Achievement: Updating Coleman on the Influence of Families and Schools. Education Next, 16(2), pp. 22-30. .
School human capital and teacher salary policies. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 1(1), pp. 23-40. .
Knowledge Capital, Growth, and the East Asian Miracle. (with Ludger Woessmann). Science, 351(6271), pp. 344-345. .
Land Use Controls, Fiscal Zoning, and the Local Provision of Education. (with Kuzey Yilmaz). Public Finance Review, 49(5), pp. 559-585. .
The Preschool Debate: Translating Research into Policy. In Ingrid Gould Ellen, Edward L. Glaeser, Eric A. Hanushek, Matthew E. Kahn, and Aaron M. Renn. The Next Urban Reaissance: How Public-Policy Innovation and Evaluation Can Improve Life in America’s Cities, New York: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, pp. 25-40. .
Why Standard Measures of Human Capital are Misleading. KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 37(2), pp. 22-39. .
The Economic Impact of Educational Quality. (with Ludger Woessmann). In Pauline Dixon, Steve Humble, and Chris Counihan (ed.). Handbook of International Development and Education, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 6-19. .
Economics of Education. In Paul B. Baltes and Neil J. Smelser (ed.). International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 6, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, pp. 4200-4208. .
Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC. (with Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold, and Ludger Woessmann). European Economic Review, 73, pp. 103-130. .
Finding the Right Focus. In María de Ibarrola and D.C. Phillips (ed.). Leaders in Educational Research, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, pp. 93-105. .
Achievement Gap. In Denis C. Phillips (ed.). Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy, Los Angeles: SAGE Reference, pp, 4-7. .
Is Location Fate? Distributional Aspects of Schooling. In Gregory K. Ingram and Daphne A. Kenyon (ed.). Education, Land, and Location, Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, pp. 25-61. .
U.S. Students from Educated Families Lag in International Tests. (with Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann). Education Next, 14(4), pp. 8-18. .
Institutional Structures of the Education System and Student Achievement: A Review of Cross-country Economic Research. (with Ludger Woessmann). In Rolf Strietholt, Wilfried Bos, Jan-Eric Gustafsson, and Monica Rosen (ed.) . Educational Policy Evaluation through International Comparative Assessments, Munster, Germany: Waxman, pp. 145-175. .
Borrowing Constraints, College Aid, and Intergenerational Mobility. (with Charles Ka Yui Leung and Kuzey Yilmaz). Journal of Human Capital, 8(1), pp. 1-41. .
Boosting Teacher Effectiveness. In Chester E. Finn Jr. and Richard Sousa (ed.). What lies ahead for america's children and their schools, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 23-35. .
School resources and educational outcomes in developing countries: A review of the literature from 1990 to 2010. (with Paul W. Glewwe, Sarah D. Humpage, and Renato Ravina). In Paul Glewwe (ed.) . Education Policy in Developing Countries, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 13-64. .
Economic Growth in Developing Countries: The Role of Human Capital. Economics of Education Review, 37, pp. 204–212. .
Schools and location: Tiebout, Alonso, and governmental finance policy. (with Kuzey Yilmaz) . Journal of Public Economic Theory, 15(6), pp. 829-855. .
Financing Schools. In John Hattie and Eric M. Anderman (ed.). International Guide to Student Achievement, New York: Routledge, pp. 134-136. .
Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA. (with Susanne Link and Ludger Woessmann). Journal of Development Economics, 104, pp. 212-232. .
School Leaders Matter: Measuring the impact of effective principals. (with Gregory F. Branch and Steven G. Rivkin). Education Next, 13(1), pp. 62-69. .
Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation . (with Ludger Woessmann). Journal of Economic Growth, 17(4), pp. 267-321. .
The Cost of Ignorance. In Norberto Bottani and Daniele Checchi (Ed.). La Sfida Della Valutazione, Bolgna, IT: Società Editrice il Mulino, pp. 39-46. .
Schooling, Educational Achievement, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle . (with Ludger Woessmann). Journal of Development Economics, 99(2), pp. 497-512. .
Is the U.S. catching up? International and state trends in student achievement. (with Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann). Education Next, 12(4), pp. 24-33. .
The Distribution of Teacher Quality and Implications for Policy. (with Stephen G. Rivkin). Annual Review of Economics, 4, pp. 131-157. .
The Role of International Assessments of Cognitive Skills in the Analysis of Growth and Development. (with Ludger Woessmann), In Matthias von Davier, Eugenio Gonzalez, Irwin Kirsch, and Kentaro Yamamoto (Ed.). The Role of International Large-Scale Assessments: Perspectives from Technology, Economy, and Educational Research, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, pp. 47-65. .
Achievement growth: International and state trends in student achievement. (with Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann). PEPG Report No. 12-03. .
A flawed analysis of unrepresentative state achievement data. Educational Policy, 26(3), pp. 360-368. .
Education quality and economic growth. (with Ludger Woessmann) . World Bank, Washington, DC, 27 pages. .
Grinding the Antitesting Ax: More bias than evidence behind NRC panel's conclusions. Education Next, pp. 49-55. .
The Economic Benefit of Educational Reform in the European Union. (with Ludger Woessmann) . CESifo Economic Studies, 58(1), pp. 73–109. .
Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete?. (with Paul E. Peterson, Ludger Woessmann, and Carlos Xabel Lastra-Anadón) . Education Next, 11(4), pp. 51-59. .
Urban education, location, and opportunity in the United States. (with Kuzey Yilmaz). In Nancy Brooks, Kieran Donaghy, and Gerrit-Jan Knaap (ed.). Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 583-615. .
Globally Challenged: Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete?. (with Paul E. Peterson, Ludger Woessmann, and Carlos Xabel Lastra-Anadón) . PEPG Report No. 11-03, Cambridge, MA: Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University. .
Private Schools and Residential Choices: Accessibility, Mobility, and Welfare. (with Sinan Sarpça and Kuzey Yilmaz) . B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Contributions), 11(1) article 44, pp. 1-32. .
How Much Do Educational Outcomes Matter in OECD Countries?. (with Ludger Woessmann) . Economic Policy, 26(67), pp. 427-491. .
The Economic Value of Higher Teacher Quality. Economics of Education Review, 30(3), pp. 466-479. .
Valuing Teachers: How Much is a Good Teacher Worth?. Education Next, 11(3), pp. 40-45. .
Teaching Math to the Talented: Which Countries - and States - are Producing High-Achieving Students?. (with Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann) . Education Next, pp. 10-18. .
Paying Teachers Appropriately. In Darrel Drury and Justin Baer (ed.). The American Public School Teacher: Past, Present, and Future, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press), pp. 109-118. .
Sample Selectivity and the Validity of International Student Achievement Tests in Economic Research. (with Ludger Woessmann) . Economics Letters, 110(2), pp. 79-82. .
The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement. (with Ludger Woessmann) in Eric A. Hanushek, Stephen Machin and Ludger Woessmann (ed.). Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 3, Amsterdam: North Holland, pp. 89-200. .
How well do we understand achievement gaps?. Focus, 27(2), pp. 5-12. .
U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective: How Well Does Each State Do at Producing High-Achieving Students?. (with Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann). PEPG Report No. 10–19, Cambridge, MA: Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University. .
An Evidence-Based World. In Koret Task Force. American Education in 2030: An Assessment by Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution. .
The Difference is Teacher Quality. in Karl Weber (ed.). Waiting for "Superman": How We Can Save America’s Failing Public Schools. New York: Public Affairs, pp. 81-100. .
An Effective Teacher in Every Classroom: A lofty goal, but how to do it. (with Kati Haycock) . Education Next, 10(3), pp. 46-52. .
The Quality and Distribution of Teachers under the No Child Left Behind Act. (with Steven G. Rivkin) . Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(3), pp. 133-150. .
Generalizations about Using Value-Added Measures of Teacher Quality. (with Steven G. Rivkin) . American Economic Review, 100(2), pp. 267-271. .
Education Production Functions: Developed Countries Evidence. in Dominic J. Brewer and Patrick J. McEwan (ed.). Economics of Education (Amsterdam: Elsevier), pp. 132-136. .
Education and Economic Growth. (with Ludger Woessmann) in Dominic J. Brewer and Patrick J. McEwan (ed.) . Economics of Education (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010), pp. 60-67. .
The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long-Run Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes. (with Ludger Woessmann) . Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, pp. 1-55. .
Teacher Deselection. In Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway (ed.). Creating a New Teaching Profession, Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, pp. 165-180. .
Does Pollution Increase School Absences?. (with Janet Currie, E. Megan Kahn, Matthew Neidell, and Steve G. Rivkin) . Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(4), pp. 683-694. .
Many Schools Are Still Inadequate: Now what?. (with Alfred A. Lindseth and Michael A. Rebell) . Education Next, 9(4), pp. 49-56. .
School Policy: Implications of Recent Research for Human Capital Investments in South Asia and Other Developing Countries. Education Economics, 17(3), pp. 291-313. .
New Evidence about Brown v. Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Racial Composition on Achievement. (with John F. Kain and Steven G. Rivkin) . Journal of Labor Economics, 27(3), pp. 349-383. .
Harming the Best: How Schools Affect the Black-White Achievement Gap. (with Steven G. Rivkin) . Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 29(3), pp. 366-393. .
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Outcomes, Incentives, and Beliefs: Reflections on Analysis of the Economics of Schools. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 19(4), pp. 301-308. .
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Measuring Investment in Education. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 10(4), pp. 9-30. .
A More Complete Picture of School Resource Policies. Review of Educational Research, 66(3), pp. 397-409. .
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Current Working Papers

Balancing Federalism: The Impact of Decentralizing School Accountability. (with Patricia Saenz-Armstrong and Alejandra Salazar). National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper No. 32351. April 2024.
Can Patience Account for Subnational Differences in Student Achievement? Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests. (with Lavinia Kinne, Pietro Sancassani, and Ludger Woessmann). National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper No. 31690. September 2023.
Understanding Trends in Chinese Skill Premiums, 2007-2018 . (with Yuan Wang and Lei Zhang). National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper No. 31367. June 2023.
Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages. (with Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, and Simon Wiederhold). National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper No. 31186. April 2023.
Attracting and Retaining Highly Effective Educators in Hard-to-Staff Schools. (with Andrew J. Morgan, Minh Nguyen, Ben Ost, and Steven G. Rivkin). NBER Working Paper No. 31051, National Bureau of Economic Research. March 2023.
The Effects of Comprehensive Educator Evaluation and Pay Reform on Achievement . (with Jin Luo, Andrew Morgan, Minh Nguyen, Ben Ost, and Steven G. Rivkin, Ayman Shakeel). National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper No. 31073. March 2023.
The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills: An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes. (with Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, and Simon Wiederhold). NBER Working Paper No. 29450, National Bureau of Economic Research. November 2021.
Can Greater Access to Education Be Inequitable? New Evidence from India’s Right to Education Act. (with Chirantan Chatterjee and Shreekanth Mahendiran). NBER Working Paper No. 27377, National Bureau of Economic Research. Jun-20.
Estimating the Effect of Leaders on Public Sector Productivity: The Case of School Principals. (with Gregory F. Branch and Steven G. Rivkin). NBER Working Paper 17803, National Bureau of Economic Research. Jan-12.
The Market for Teacher Quality. (with John F. Kain, Daniel M. O'Brien, and Steven G. Rivkin) . NBER Working Paper 11154, National Bureau of Economic Research. Feb-05.

Notes/Comments/Op-Eds

A world unprepared: Missing skills for development. (with Sarah Gust and Ludger Woessmann). EconPol Forum, 25, 43-46. March 2024.
Patience and the North-South divide in student achievement in Italy and the US. (with Lavinia Kinne, Pietro Sancassani, Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU. October 2023.
Generation Lost: The Pandemic’s Lifetime Tax. Education Next. October 2023.
U.S. School Finance: Resources and Outcomes. (with Danielle V. Handel). Cato Research Briefs in Economic Policy. July 2023.
Student test scores are down, and it isn’t just because of COVID shutdowns . (with David J. Armor). The Hill. July 2023.
Where STEM graduates stem from: The intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages. (with Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, and Simon Wiederhold). VoxEU. June 2023.
A world unprepared: Missing skills for development. (with Sarah Gust and Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU. December 2022.
A simple and complete solution to the learning loss problem. Policy Brief, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University. Nov-22.
Notes on Trends in the U.S. Income-Achievement Gap. (with Jacob Light, Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, and Ludger Woessmann). (web publication). Jun-22.
The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills. (with Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, and Simon Wiederhold). VoxEU. 22-Feb-22.
The real costs of closing schools and what can be done to address them. (with Ludger Woessmann). Teresa and Alexandre Soares dos Santos - Education Initiative. 29-Sep-20.
Permanent Economic Damage from Learning Losses. (with Ludger Woessmann) . National Review Capital Matters. Sep-20.
Students have already been saddled with economic losses from school closures. (with Ludger Woessmann). The Hill. 10-Sep-20.
Finding the Best Teachers for Post-Pandemic Schools. Wall Street Journal. 26-Aug-22.
Can greater access to education be inequitable?. (with Chirantan Chatterjee and Shreekanth Mahendiran). Ideas for India. 10-Aug-20.
Patience, risk-taking, and international differences in student achievement. (with Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU. 2-Aug-20.
Unintended consequences to education for all: India’s Right to Education Act. (with Chirantan Chatterjee and Shreekanth Mahendiran). VoxEU. 23-Jul-20.
Preparing all students to succeed during COVID-19 pandemic. Washington Times. 25-Jun-20.
Teacher Pay Raises Aren't Enough: Adding evaluation would make all the difference for improving schools. Education Week. 4-Nov-19.
Teacher Strikes Are Not Going To Help California’s Students. Eureka. 21-Aug-19.
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US achievement gaps hold steady in the face of substantial policy initiatives. (with Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, and Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU. 15-Apr-15.
The War on Poverty Remains a Stalemate. (with Paul E. Peterson) . Wall Street Journal. 18-Mar-19.
Too much self-interested choice?. Phi Delta Kappan. 26-Oct-18.
Testing with accountability improves student achievement. (with Annika B. Bergbauer and Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU. 18-Sep-18.
Ohio can play offense with the AI revolution by investing in quality education. Cleveland.com. 29-Aug-18.
What Do Test Scores Really Mean for the Economy?. Education Week, 37(34), 29. 4-Jun-18.
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Apprenticeship Programs in a Changing Economic World. Brookings Institution, Brown Center Chalkboard. 28-Jun-17.
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Teach the World: Why the UN Sustainable Development Goals Should Focus on Education. (With Ludger Woessmann). Foreign Affairs. 20-Aug-15.
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Universal basic skills should become the primary development goal. (with Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU. 24-May-15.
Not Enough Value to Justify More of the Same. Room for Debate, New York Times. 26-Mar-15.
An Evaluation System Linked to Retention and Reward Is Vital. Room for Debate, New York Times, 2-Mar. Mar-15.
The UFT’s wasteful class-size push: Research says teacher quality trumps quantity. New York Daily News. 14-Dec-14.
How Teachers Unions Use 'Common Core' to Undermine Reform. Wall Street Journal. 1-Jul-14.
More Easily Firing Bad Teachers Helps Everyone. Room for Debate, New York Times. 11-Jun-14.
There Is No War On Teachers. USA Today. 11-Jun-14.
Higher Grades, Higher GDP. Hoover Digest, No. 1 (Winter), pp. 75-78. Winter 2014.
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Why the U.S. Results on PISA Matter. Education Week, Vol. 33, Issue 15, Pp. 20-21. 8-Jan-14.
America’s schools earn a ‘C’ on their report card. (with Paul E. Peterson). The Daily Caller. 6-Dec-13.
Schools improve when leaders stop rationalizing mediocrity. (with Paul E. Peterson). Washington Examiner. 5-Dec-13.
Spinning America's Report Card. (with Paul E. Peterson). Wall Street Journal. 7-Nov-13.
Wisconsin Falters. (with Paul E. Peterson). WI Magazine, 22(3), 26-29. Nov-13.
Upgrade U.S. skills or pay the price. (with Paul E. Peterson). New York Daily News. 9-Oct-13.
Playing in the Right League. (with Paul E. Peterson) . Huffington Post. 28-Oct-13.
A Distraction from Real Education Reform. U.S. News and World Report. 28-Oct-13.
Fixing our schools could fix our debt crisis, too. (with Paul E. Peterson). FoxNews.com. 13-Sep-13.
The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity. (with Paul E. Peterson). The Wall Street Journal. 11-Sep-13.
Rescue the future by fixing our schools. (with Mike Honda). The Hill. 6-Jun-13.
Don’t Get Lost – Focus on Quality. NORRAG News, 48, pp. 22-23. Apr-13.
The Education Quality Imperative. The Politics of Growth, Stability and Reform, London: Policy Network and Global Progress, 121-124. 2013.
Use of value added in teacher policy measures. Focus, 29(2), pp. 25-26. Fall/Winter 2012-13.
Why Educators' Wages Must Be Revamped Now. Education Week, 32(20) , pp. 28-29, 31. 6-Feb-13.
Dual Education: Europe's Secret Recipe?. CESifo Forum, 13(3), pp. 29-32. Autumn 2012.
Fewer school days is the worst of budget options for California. San Jose Mercury News. 20-Jul-12.
Education is the Key to a Healthy Economy. (with George P. Shultz). Wall Street Journal. 1-May-12.
Low-Performing Teachers Have High Costs. Education Next, 12(3). Summer 2012.
Misplaced Optimism and Weighted Funding. Education Week, 31(26), pp. 28,36. 28-Mar-12.
Teacher ratings are a vital step forward. New York Daily News. 24-Feb-12.
Math Matters. Hoover Digest, No. 1. 2011.
Allowing local schools to make more decisions may work in developed countries but is questionable in developing countries. (with Susanne Link, and Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU. 9-Jan-12.
Vocational education facilitates entry into the labour market but hurts employment at older ages. (with Ludger Woessmann and Lei Zhang). VoxEU. 21-Nov-11.
Why Can’t American Students Compete with the Rest of the World?. (with Paul E. Peterson). Newsweek, pp. 42-45. 5-Sep-11.
Overview of the Symposium on Performance Pay for Teachers. (with Ludger Woessmann) . Economics of Education Review, 30(3), pp. 391-393. Jun-11.
Education reform solves state's budget crisis. (with George P. Shultz) . San Francisco Chronicle, p. F-6. 10-Apr-11.
Recognizing the Value of Good Teachers. Education Week, 30(27), pp. 34-35. 6-Apr-11.
Saving the schools: Why more money is not the answer. New York Post. 1-Apr-11.
The “War on Teachers” Is a Myth. Hoover Digest, No. 1. 2011.
Why Is It So Hard To Make Teachers Better?. Defining Ideas. 30-Jan-11.
Viewpoints: Test evaluation put teachers on the spot. Sacramento Bee. 12-Nov-10.
There is no ‘War on Teachers”. Wall Street Journal. 19-Oct-10.
UFT wrong to fight Joel Klein's attempt to release teacher data, says leading education researcher. New York Daily News. 27-Oct-10.
Cry Wolf! This Budget Crunch Is for Real. Education Week, 29(32), pp. 32-40. May-10.
Total Student Load: Maybe worth a longer look, but hardly a revolution. (A review of The Secret of TSL: The revolutionary discovery that raises school performance, by William G. Ouchi) . Education Next, 10(2), pp. 84-85. Spring 2010.
The Choice Movement and the Courts. (with Alfred A. Lindseth). School Choice Advocate , Foundation for Educational Choice. Feb-10.
Building on No Child Left Behind. Science, 326, pp. 802-803. Nov-09.
Judicial Funding Mandates Related to Education Sharply Decline. (with Alfred A. Lindseth) . State Courts Project, Federalist Society. Fall 2009.
Poor student learning explains the Latin American growth puzzle. (with Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU. 14-Aug-09.
An F in Effectiveness. (with Alfred A. Lindseth). Hoover Digest, No. 3, pp. 43-47.
Performance-Based Funding. Defining Ideas, 1, pp. 101-105. 2009.
California Needs to Make Wiser Use of School Funding. (with Alfred A. Lindseth). San Francisco Chronicle, p. A-15. 17-Jun-09.
The Effectiveness of Court-Ordered Funding of Schools. (with Alfred A. Lindseth). Education Outlook, No. 6 (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute). May-09.
John Forest Kain (1935-2003). In Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume (eds.). The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2008.
Getting down to facts: School finance and governance in California. (with Susanna Loeb and Anthony S. Bryk). Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice, Stanford University. Sep-07.
A numbers game: Consultants sell legislatures school studies and collect millions. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Perspective, pp. 93, 98. 17-Jun-07.
Is the 'Evidence-Based Approach' a Good Guide to School Finance Policy?. Paper commissioned by Washington Learns. Mar-07.
Milton Friedman’s Unfinished Business. Hoover Digest, No. 1, pp. 42-49. Winter 2007.
The Court’s Gift to Spitzer. The New York Sun. 28-Nov-06.
The Cost of an 'Adequate' Education. The Wall Street Journal, p. A19. 9-Oct-06.
Choice, Charters, and Public School Competition. Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 15-Mar-06. 15-Mar-06.
Comment [on Murnane, Willett, Bub, and McCartney]. In Gary Burtless and Janet Rothenberg Pack(ed.). Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, pp. 128-131. 2006.
Remedial Math: Rather than Spend More on Schools, We Should Spend More Wisely. The New Democrat, 7(6) , pp. 25-27. November/December 1995.
Education and the Economy: Our School Performance Matters. Education Week, 24(21). 2-Feb-05.
Rewarding Teachers. (with Caroline M. Hoxby). Reforming Education in Arkansas, (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press), pp. 155-166. 2005.
Developing Value-Added Measures for Teachers and Schools. (with Caroline M. Hoxby). Reforming Education in Arkansas, (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press), pp. 99-104. 2005.
Our School Performance Matters. Journal of Education, 185(3), pp. 1-6. Nov-04.
Learn Lessons of the Past. . The Australian. 26-Aug-04.
The Underrepresentation of Minority Faculty in Higher Education: Panel Discussion. American Economic Review, 94(2), pp. 304-306. May-04.
It's not how much, but how you spend the money on schools. Salt Lake Tribune. 18-Apr-04.
How to Determine Who is a Quality Teacher. (with Lewis C. Solmon, Philip Bigler, Lee S. Shulman, and Herbert J. Walberg). In Lewis C. Solmon and Tamara W. Schiff (ed.) . Talented Teachers: The Essential Force for Improving Student Achievement, Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, pp. 49-85. 2004.
Same Amount of Money Should Yield Better Results. San Jose Mercury News, p. 1P, 3P. 23-Nov-03.
Potential Gains and Losses in Education. World and I, pp. 30-35. Sep-03.
A False Schools ‘Fix’. . New York Post. 30-Jun-03.
An Enormous Opportunity. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. 1-Apr-03.
End Class-Size Straightjacket. Los Angeles Times, p. M2. 27-Apr-03.
Comment [on Krueger and Heckman]. In Benjamin M. Friedman (ed.). Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 252-269. 2003.
Public School Finance and Urban School Policy: General versus Partial Equilibrium Analysis. In William G. Gale and Janet Rothenberg Pack (ed.). Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, pp. 171-176. 2003.
Teacher quality and teacher salaries. Policy Brief, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University. Nov-02.
Introduction to the JHR's Special Issue on Designing Incentives to Promote Human Capital. (with James Heckman, Derek Nea). The Journal of Human Resources, 37( 4), Autumn, pp. 693-695. 2002.
Comment [on Galiani and Schargrodsky]. Economia, 2(2), Spring 2002, pp. 302-305. Apr-02.
Efficiency and Equity in Education. NBER Reporter, National Bureau of Economic Research, p. 15-19. 2001.
The Sequel: RAND versus RAND. Education Matters, 1(1), Spring, pp. 68-69. 2001.
Teacher quality and school reform. (with Steven G. Rivkin). Education Finance Research Consortium, The Teaching Workforce, Symposium Proceedings, Albany: Center for Policy Research, Rockefeller College, University of Albany, pp. 81-99. 2001.
Money Alone Will Not Fix Bad Schools. New York Daily News. January 2001.
The Truth about Teacher Salaries and Student Achievement. In Williamson M. Evers, Lance T. Izumi, and Pamela A. Riley (ed.). School Reform: The Critical Issues, (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press), pp. 174-175. 2001.
Further Evidence on the Effects of Catholic Secondary Schooling. in William G. Gale and Janet Rothenberg Pack (ed.). Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2000), pp. 194-197. 2000.
Class Size Reduction: Good Politics, Bad Education Policy. High School Magazine, 6(4), p. 44. January 1999.
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Are Resources Important?. Journal of Negro Education, 66(3), Summer, pp. 289-303. 1997.
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General Testimony

"School Finance and School Outcomes", Finance Committee of the Ohio Senate, May 17, 2021

"School Finance and School Outcomes: The Role of Incentives", Texas School Finance Commission, February 22, 2018

"Ohio's Economic Future", Ohio Senate Education Committee, January 31, 2018

“Testimony on School Finance and the Courts,” Washington State Senate Law and Justice Committee, May 28, 2015

“Testimony for the House and Senate Education Committees,” Kansas Legislature, February 3, 2014

“Struggling Schools, Principals, and Teachers,” testimony before the Legislative Finance Committee, New Mexico Legislature, July 18, 2013

“Testimony for the House Finance and Appropriations Committee,” State of Ohio, December 5, 2012

“Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee,” State of Ohio, December 5, 2012

“Alternate Economic Futures for the United States,” U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, March 8, 2012

“Testimony for the House and Senate Education Committees,” Ohio Legislature, March 10, 2011

“Improving Teacher Quality,” Senate Committee on Education, Texas Legislature, Austin, TX, July 20, 2010.

“Testimony for the Select Committee on Public School Finance Weights, Allotments & Adjustments,” Texas Legislature, San Antonio, TX, May 19, 2010.

“The importance of improved data access in Texas,” House Committee on Public Education, Texas House of Representatives, July 16, 2008

“Students First: Reforming California Schools,” California Senate Education Committee, April 30, 2008

“What is Success and How do We Achieve It?” High School Completion and Success Initiatives Council [TX], February 15, 2008

“Performance Incentives for Teachers and Administrators,,” Senate Select Committee on Education Reform & Public School Finance, Texas State Senate, February 27, 2006.

“School Finance Proposals: The Koret Task Force Recommendations,” House Select Committee on Public School Finance, Texas House of Representatives, February 18, 2004

“Thinking about School Finance in Texas,” Testimony before the Subcommittee on Cost Adjustments for the House Select Committee on Public School Finance, Texas House of Representatives, October 22, 2003. [reprinted in Chris Patterson (ed.), Putting the Sides Together: Twelve Perspectives on Texas Public School Finance (Texas Public Policy Foundation, December 2003)]

“Arkansas Student Accountability and Educational Accountability Act of 2003,” Testimony before the Education Committee, House of Representatives, State of Arkansas, March 26, 2003.

“The Structure and Funding of Special Education,” Testimony before The President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education, Los Angeles, California, March 21, 2002

“Should Class Size Reduction Substitute for Innovation?” Testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, United States Senate, June 23, 1999 [Note also comments on “ESEA Re-authorization and Experimentation,” July 8, 1999]

“The Evidence on Class Size,” Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, February 24, 1998

"Educational Reform and Current Education Initiatives,” Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, March 13, 1997

"The Federal Role in Educational Reform,” Committee on the Budget, U.S. Senate, February 5, 1997

“Approaches to Reforming Vermont Schools,” testimony before joint meeting of the Senate and House Education Committees, Vermont Legislature, January 11, 1996

"School Finance and Educational Reform," Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, July 26, 1993

"Overview of Federal Education Roles and Spending", National Economic Commission, Washington, DC, October 5, 1988

"Evaluation of the School Desegregation Study", U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC, February 8, 1986

"Long Run Budget Trends and Space Development Options," National Commission on Space, Washington, DC, September 17, 1985

"Future Budgetary Requirements for the 600-Ship Navy," Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, September 6, 1985

"Space Shuttle Pricing Policy," Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, March 27, 1985

"Space Shuttle Pricing Policy", Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, March 5, 1985

"Financial Outlook for the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund," Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, September 13, 1984

"Steel Import Restrictions," Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, June 20, 1984

"The Measurement of Poverty," Subcommittee on Census and Population, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, and Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, May 15, 1984

"Targeted Jobs Tax Credit," Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, April 10, 1984

"Financial Condition of the Highway Trust Fund," Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, February 23, 1984

Legal Testimony

School Finance

William Penn SD et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Education et al. (Pennsylvania), 2022

Martinez et al. v. New Mexico; Yazzie et al. v. New Mexico (New Mexico), 2017

Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education and Funding v. Rell et al. (Connecticut), 2016

Citizens for Strong Schools v. Florida (Florida), 2016

Maisto et al. v. State of New York (New York), 2015

Texas Taxpayers and Student Fairness Coalition et al. v. Scott et al. (Texas), 2013

Gannon et al. v. State of Kansas (Kansas), 2012

Lobato et al. v. State of Colorado (Colorado), 2011

Abbott v. Burke (New Jersey), 2011

McCleary v. State of Washington (Washington), 2009

Davis v. South Dakota (South Dakota), 2008

Espinoza v. State of Arizona (Arizona), 2008

Committee for Educational Equality et al. v. State of Missouri et al. (Missouri), 2007

School Districts’ Alliance v. State of Washington (Washington), 2006

Montoy et al. v. State of Kansas, et al. (Kansas), 2003

Campaign for Fiscal Equity et al. v. State of New York et al. (New York), 2000

Hoke County Board of Education et al. v. State of North Carolina (North Carolina), 1999

Claremont School District, et al. v. Merrill et al. (New Hampshire), 1996

Committee for Educational Equality v. Missouri; Lee's Summit v. Missouri (Missouri), 1992

Alabama Coalition for Equity v. Hunt; Harper v. Hunt (Alabama), 1992

Tennessee Small Schools et al. v. McWherter et al. (Tennessee), 1990

Abbott v. Burke (New Jersey), 1987

Somerset County Board of Education v. Hornbeck (Maryland), 1980

Levittown v. Nyquist (New York), 1976

Serrano v. Priest (California), 1973

Other Court Testimony

Vergara et al. v. State of California et al. , 2014

Jenkins et al. v. State of Missouri et al. (Kansas City, Mo.), 1997

Liddell et al. v. St. Louis et al., 1996

Court Submissions

Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, 2016

Vergara v. California, 2014

Horne v. Flores, 2009

Valenzuela v. O'Connell [CAHSEE], 2006

Williams v. California, 2003