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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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

Papers

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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

Reports

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Arkansas Teacher Retention Entering the 2023-24 School Year, Andrew Camp, Gema Zamarro, and Josh McGee

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Movers, Switchers, and Exiters: Teacher Turnover during COVID-19, Andrew Camp, Gema Zamarro, and Josh B. McGee

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Course Correction: Navigating Equity in Ninth-Grade Advanced Placement, Sarah R. Morris, Sarah C. McKenzie, and Miranda Vernon

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The Returns to Education over time and the Effect of COVID-19, Harry Anthony Patrinos and Angelica Rivera-Olvera

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Administrators’ Views of Teacher Salary Changes Under the Arkansas LEARNS Act, Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Josh McGee, and Miranda Vernon

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Wellbeing and Working Conditions in the Arkansas Teacher Workforce, Gema Zamarro, Josh B. McGee, and Meredith Schellhase

Responses or Comments

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Researchers Should be Cautious when Generalizing Findings, Josh B. McGee

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Yes, Money Matters, But the Details Can Make All the Difference, Josh B. McGee

Technical Reports

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The Competitive Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Public School Performance, Anna J. Egalite

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The Impact of the Louisiana Scolarship Program on Racial Segregation in Louisiana Schools, Anna J. Egalite, Jonathan N. Mills, and Patrick Wolf

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The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement after Two Years, Jonathan N. Mills

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Measures of Student Non-cognitive Skills and Political Tolerance after Two Years of the Louisiana Scholarship Program, Jonathan N. Mills, Albert Cheng, Collin Hitt, Patrick J. Wolf, and Jay P. Greene