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Description of Texas Schools Project (Feb, 2000)
 

Hopwood and the Top 10 Percent Law:  How They Have Affected the College Enrollment Decisions of Texas High School Graduates - John F. Kain, Daniel M. O'Brien and Paul A. Jargowsky (May, 2005)

 

Affirmative Access Versus Affirmative Action: How Have Texas' Race-Blind Policies Affected College Outcomes?- Brian Bucks (Feb, 2003)

 

The Effects of Texas' Top Ten Percent Plan on College Choice - Brian Bucks (Feb, 2003)

 

Seeking Every Advantage: The Phenomenon of Taking Both the SAT and ACT - M. Kathleen Thomas (Jul, 2003)

 

Advanced Placement: Do Minorities Have Equal Opportunity? - Kristin Klopfenstein (Revised) (Apr, 2003)

 
The Advanced Placement performance advantage: fact or fiction? - Kristin Klopfenstein, M. Kathleen Thomas
 
Beyond Test Scores: The Impact of Black Teacher
Role Models on Rigorous Math-Taking
- Kristin Klopfenstein
 

Recommendations for Maintaining the Quality of Advanced Placement Programs - Kristin Klopfenstein (Aug, 2003)

 

Where College-Bound Texas Students Send Their SAT and ACT Scores: Does Race Matter? - M. Kathleen Thomas (Feb, 2002)

 

Does Public School Competition Affect Teacher Quality? - Eric A. Hanushek, and Steven G. Rivkin (Apr, 2002)

 

Teachers, Schools and Academic Achievement - Steven G. Rivkin, Eric A. Hanushek and John F. Kain (Sep 2004)

 

Why Public Schools Lose Teachers? - Eric A. Hanushek, John F. Kain, and Steven G. Rivkin (Revised) (Sep, 2003) (Published)

 

New Evidence about Brown v.Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Radical Composition on Achievement - Eric A. Hanushek, John F. Kain, and Steven G. Rivkin (Revised) (Feb, 2004)

 

Disruption versus Tiebout Improvement: The Costs and Benefits of Switching Schools - John F. Kain (Aug, 2001) (Published)

 

Does Peer Ability Affect Student Achievement? - Eric A. Hanushek, John F. Kain, Jacob M. Markman, and Steven G. Rivkin (Revised) (Aug, 2001) (published)

 

The UTD Texas Schools Microdata Panel ( TSMP ): Its History, Use and Ways to Improve State Collection of Public School Data - John F. Kain (Dec, 2001) (Microsoft word document)

 

Measuring the returns to the GED: Using an exogenous change in GED passing standards as a natural experiment - Magnus Lofstrom, and John Tyler Political Economy Working Paper (Sep, 2004)

 

Black Suburbanization in Texas Metropolitan Areas and Its Impact on Student Achievement - John F. Kain and Dan O'Brien (Mar, 2000)

 

Inferring Program Effects for Specialized Populations: Does Special Education Raise Achievement for Students with Disabilities? - Eric A. Hanushek, John F. Kain and Steven G. Rivkin (Nov, 2002) (Published)

 

 Peer Effects in the Classroom : Learning from Gender Variation - Caroline Hoxby (Jul, 2000)

 

Do Peers Affect Student Achievement? - Eric A. Hanushek, John F. Kain, Jacob M. Markman, and Steven G. Rivkin (May, 2000) (Published)

 

Evidence, Politics, and the Class Size Debate - Eric A. Hanushek (Aug, 2000)

 

"High School Outcomes and College Decisions of Texas Public School Students" - John F. Kain and Daniel M. O'Brien (Nov, 2000)

 

Minority Suburbanization in Texas Metropolitan Areas and Its Impact on Student Achievement - John F. Kain and Daniel M. O’Brien (Mar, 1999)

 

Has Moving to the Suburbs Increased African American Educational Opportunities? - John F. Kain and Daniel M. O’Brien (Jan, 1998)

 

A Longitudinal Assessment of Reading Achievement: Evidence from the UTD Texas Schools Project - John F. Kain and Daniel M. O’Brien (Apr, 1998)

 

Using TEA Annual Data to Develop a Multi-Year Panel Data Base: Lessons Learned and Suggested Additions and Improvements to TEA’s Data Collection - John F. Kain (May, 1998)

 

Ethnic and Racial Differences in Graduation, Dropout Rates and Course Completions for Students Attending Texas Public High Schools - John F. Kain (Jun, 1998)

 

Family and School Effects on the Cognitive Growth of Minority and Disadvantaged Elementary School Students - Daniel M. O’Brien (Nov, 1998)

 

The Impact of Individual Teachers and Peers on Individual Student Achievement - John F. Kain (Oct, 1998)

 

Assessment of Bilingual Education Programs in a Large Texas School District - Sharon Leigh Wrobel and Daniel M. O’Brien (Oct, 1998)

 
Equality of Educational Opportunity Revisited - John F. Kain and Kraig Singleton - New England Economic Review (May/Jun 1996)
 
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