This page collects the publications and presentations of the faculty of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

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Talent Identification Research: A Bibliometric Study from Multidisciplinary and Global Perspectives, Fabio Andres Parra-Martinez and Jonathan Wai

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The Value of College Athletics in the Labor Market: Results from a Resume Audit Field Experiment, James D. Paul, Albert Cheng, Jay P. Greene, and Josh B. McGee

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Investigating the Relationship Between Negative Selection into Online Schooling and Achievement Growth, James D. Paul and Jay P. Greene

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Helping Hand or a Hurdle Too High? An Evaluation Of Developmental Coursework at Arkansas's Flagship University, Evan Rhinesmith

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You Can Often Get What You Want: Assessing the Match between Parent Preferences and Private Schools of Choice, Evan Rhinesmith and Patrick J. Wolf

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The Participant Effects of Private School Vouchers Across the Globe: A Meta-Analytic and Systematic Review, M. Danish Shakeel, Kaitlin Anderson, and Patrick J. Wolf

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Who is More Free? A Comparison of the Decision-Making of Private and Public School Principals, M. Danish Shakeel and Corey A. DeAngelis

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Does Private Islamic Schooling Promote Terrorism? An Analysis of the Educational Background of Successful American Homegrown Terrorists, M. Danish Shakeel and Patrick Wolf

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Examining Inequities in Teacher Pension Benefits, James V. Shuls

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School Choice: The Personal and the Political, James V. Shuls

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Assessing Christian Learning: Vocation, Practices, and Investment, David Smith, Mia Kurkechian, Beth Green, and Albert Cheng

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Identifying Naturally-occurring Direct Assessments of Social-emotional Competencies: The Promise and Limitations of Survey and Assessment Disengagement Metadata, James Soland, Gema Zamarro, Albert Cheng, and Colin Hitt

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Effects of Dual-Language Immersion on Students’ Academic Performance, Jennifer L. Steele, Robert O. Slater, Gema Zamarro, Trey Miller, Jennifer Li, Susan Burkhauser, and Michael Bacon

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Do You Get Cream with Your Choice? Characteristics of Students Who Moved into or Out of the Louisiana Scholarship Program, Yujie Sude and Patrick J. Wolf

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Examining the Impacts of Middle School Disciplinary Policies on 9th Grade Retention, Elise Swanson, Heidi Holmes Erickson, and Gary W. Ritter

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Kids vs. Adults: Using Observations and Student Surveys to Evaluate the Arkansas Teacher Corps, Elise Swanson and Gary W. Ritter

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Promises Fulfilled? A Systematic Review of the Impacts of Promise Programs, Elise Swanson, Angela Watson, Gary W. Ritter, and Malachi Nichols

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An Evaluation of the Educational Impact of College Campus Visits:A Randomized Experiment, Elsie Swanson, Katherine Kopotic, Gema Zamarro, Jonathan Mills, Jay Greene, and Gary Ritter

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Start to Finish: Examining the Impact of the El Dorado Promise on Postsecondary Outcomes, Elsie Swanson and Gary Ritter

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State and District Fiscal Effects of a Universal Education Savings Account Program in Arkansas, Julie R. Trivitt and Corey A. DeAngelis

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The Fiscal Effects of Eliminating the Louisiana Scholarship Program on State Education Expenditures, Julie R. Trivitt and Corey A. DeAngelis

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Falling Below the Line: Minimum Subgroup Size and Special Education Enrollment, Sivan Tuchman

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Comparisons of Student Perceptions of Teacher's Performance in the Classroom: Using Parametric Anchoring Vignette Methods for Improving Comparability, Hana Vonkova, Gema Zamarro, Vera DeBerg, and Collin Hitt

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Student Characteristics, Institutional Factors, and Outcomes in Higher Education and Beyond: An Analysis of Standardized Test Scores and Other Factors at the Institutional Level with School Rankings and Salary, Jonathan Wai and Bich Tran

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Inside the Black Box: Stakeholder Perceptions on the Value of Arts Field Trips, Angela Watson

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Altered Attitudes and Actions: Social-Emotional Effects of Multiple Arts Field Trips, Angela Watson, Jay Greene, Heidi Holmes Erickson, and Molly Beck

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The Wisconsin Role in the School Choice Movement, John F. Witte and Patrick J. Wolf

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Is Collegiate Political Correctness Fake News? Relationships between Grades and Ideology, Matthew Woessner, Robert Maranto, and Amanda Thompson

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Boosting Graduation Rates in Texas Through Education Savings Accounts, Patrick J. Wolf

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Heterogeneous Impacts Across Schools in the First Four Years of the Louisiana Scholarship Program, Patrick J. Wolf

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Alternative Measures of Non-Cognitive Skills and Their Effect on Retirement Preparation and Financial Capability, Gema Zamarro

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Alternative Measures of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Retirement Preparation and Financial Capability, Gema Zamarro

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Family Labor Participation and Child Care Decisions: The Role of Grannies, Gema Zamarro

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Comparing Performance of Methods to Deal with Differential Attrition in Lottery Based Evaluations, Gema Zamarro, Kaitlin Anderson, Jennifer L. Steele, and Trey Miller

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Understanding how COVID-19 has Changed Teachers’ Chances of Remaining in the Classroom, Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Dillon Fuchsman, and Josh B. McGee

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Understanding how COVID-19 has Changed Teachers’ Chances of Remaining in the Classroom, Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Dillon Fuchsman, and Josh B. McGee

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Changes in Teacher Salaries Under The Arkansas LEARNS Act, Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Josh McGee, Taylor Wilson, and Miranda Vernon

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Teacher Salary Raises and Turnover: Evidence from the First Year of the Arkansas LEARNS Act, Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Josh McGee, Taylor Wilson, and Miranda Vernon

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Comparing and Validating Measures of Character Skills: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample, Gema Zamarro, Albert Cheng, M. Danish Shakeel, and Collin Hitt

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Disentangling Disadvantage: Can We Distinguish Good Teaching from Classroom Composition?, Gema Zamarro, John Engberg, Juan Esteban Saavedra, and Jennifer Steele

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When Students Don't Care: Reexamining International Differences in Achievement and Non-Cognitive Skills, Gema Zamarro, Collin Hitt, and Ildefonso Mendez

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Further Validation of Survey Effort Measures of Relevant Character Skills: Results from a Sample of High School Students, Gema Zamarro, Malachi Nichols, Angela Duckworth, and Sidney D'Mello

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Unlocking College Potential: The Role of Student Expectations and Non-Cognitive Skills in College Success, Gema Zamarro, Malachi Nichols, Julie R. Trivitt, and Rian Djita

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Assessing the Impact of Investment Shortfalls on Unfunded Pension Liabilities: The Allure of Neat, but Faulty Counterfactuals, Robert M. Costrell

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Seeking Relevance: Toward A Strategic Plan for Political Science, Robert Maranto and Dirk C. van Raemdonck

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Cops, Teachers, and the Art of the Impossible: Explaining the lack of diffusion of impossible job innovations, Robert Maranto and Patrick J. Wolf

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Blaine it on Politics: The (Non-) Effect of Anti-Aid Amendments on Private School Choice Programs in the U.S. States, Patrick J. Wolf, Richard D. Komer, and Michael Q. McShane

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When Rights, Incentives, and Institutions All Clash: The Case of School Vouchers and Special Education in Milwaukee, Patrick J. Wolf, John F. Witte, and David J. Fleming

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Quantifying Traditional Public School Opposition to Charter Schools: Double Whammy from School District Staffing and Funding?, Martha Bradley-Dorsey

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Collective Bargaining and District Costs for Teacher Health Insurance: An Examination of the Data from the BLS and Wisconsin, Robert M. Costrell