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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 3, 2023.
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A World Unprepared: Missing Skills for Development. (with Sarah Gust and Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, December 5, 2022.
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A simple and complete solution to the learning loss problem. Policy Brief, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, November 2022.
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Notes on Trends in the U.S. Income-Achievement Gap. (with Jacob Light, Paul E. Peterson, Laura M. Talpey, and Ludger Woessmann). June 2022.
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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills. (with Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, and Simon Wiederhold). VoxEU, February 22, 2022.
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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, September 29, 2020.
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Patience, risk-taking, and international differences in student achievement. (with Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, August 2, 2020.
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Can greater access to education be inequitable?. (with Chirantan Chatterjee and Shreekanth Mahendiran). Ideas for India, August 10, 2020.
Unintended consequences to education for all: India’s Right to Education Act. (with Chirantan Chatterjee and Shreekanth Mahendiran). VoxEU, July 23, 2020.
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Teacher Strikes Are Not Going To Help California’s Students. Eureka, August 21, 2019.
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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, April 15, 2015.
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Education Reform. In Scott W. Atlas, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Eric Hanushek, Edward P. Lazear, Lee Ohanian, Joshua D. Rauh, and Frank A. Wolak, Economic Policy Challenges Facing California’s Next Governor, Hoover Institution, 2018, pp. 19-23.
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Too much self-interested choice?. Phi Delta Kappan, October 26, 2018.
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Testing with accountability improves student achievement. (with Annika B. Bergbauer and Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, September 18, 2018.
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Testing with accountability improves student achievement. (with Annika B. Bergbauer and Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, September 18, 2018.
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Every State’s Economic Future Lies with School Reform. AEI Report, American Enterprise Institute, May 2018.
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The Future of Teacher Quality in California Is in Doubt--and That Also Puts California’s Economic Outlook in Jeopardy. Eureka, August 17, 2017.
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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, October 2018, pp. 19-23.
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Student Achievement and Every State's Economic Future. Real Clear Education, April 29, 2016.
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Linking Large-Scale Reading Assessments: Comment. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 14(1), 2016, pp. 27-29.
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Time in Education: Introduction. Economic Journal, 125, November, pp. F394-F396.
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Education’s Double Helix. Past as Prologue: The National Academy of Education at 50 -- Members Reflect, Washington, DC: National Academy of Education, 2015, pp. 309-312.
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Foreward [to Carl Bistany and Stephanie Gruner Buckley, Last Bell]. Last Bell: Breaking the gridlock in education reform, London: Profile Books, 2015, pp. xi-xiv.
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Teach the World: Why the UN Sustainable Development Goals Should Focus on Education. (With Ludger Woessmann). Foreign Affairs, August 20, 2015.
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Universal basic skills should become the primary development goal. (with Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, May 24, 2015.
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The Economic Relevance of Early Childhood Development. In Jörg F. Maas, Simone C. Ehmig, Carolin Seelmann (Ed.), Prepare for Life! Raising Awareness for Early Literacy Education, Stiftung Lesen, Mainz, DE, 2014, pp. 249-253.
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Higher Grades, Higher GDP. Hoover Digest, No. 1 (Winter), Winter 2014, pp. 75-78.
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The Education Quality Imperative. The Politics of Growth, Stability and Reform, London: Policy Network and Global Progress, 2013, 121-124.
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Use of value added in teacher policy measures. Focus, 29(2), Fall/Winter 2012-13, pp. 25-26.
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Don’t Get Lost – Focus on Quality. NORRAG News, 48, April 2013, pp. 22-23.
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Dual Education: Europe's Secret Recipe?. CESifo Forum, 13(3), Autumn 2012, pp. 29-32.
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Low-Performing Teachers Have High Costs. Education Next, 12(3), Summer 2012.
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Math Matters. Hoover Digest, No. 1, 2011.
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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, January 9, 2012.
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Vocational education facilitates entry into the labour market but hurts employment at older ages. (with Ludger Woessmann and Lei Zhang). VoxEU, November 21, 2011.
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Why Can’t American Students Compete with the Rest of the World?. (with Paul E. Peterson). Newsweek, September 5, 2011, pp. 42-45.
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Overview of the Symposium on Performance Pay for Teachers. (with Ludger Woessmann) . Economics of Education Review, 30(3), June 2011, pp. 391-393.
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The “War on Teachers” Is a Myth. Hoover Digest, No. 1, 2011.
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Why Is It So Hard To Make Teachers Better?. Defining Ideas, January 30, 2011.
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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), Spring 2010, pp. 84-85.
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