Publications
Our research papers focus on a variety of subjects including student outcomes, parental choice, teachers & leaders, test-based accountability, charter schools & charter management organizations, and finances. To receive announcements of new publications, sign up at the bottom of this page.
How Has the Louisiana Scholarship Program Affected Students? A Comprehensive Summary of Effects after Three Years
A policy brief by Jonathan N. Mills and Patrick J. Wolf summarizing three accompanying technical reports that analyze the program’s impact on student achievement, students’ identification to receive special education services, and school participation during the initiative’s first three years. View this publication…
Special Education Identification in the Louisiana Scholarship Program
This paper by Sivan Tuchman and Patrick J. Wolf examines the impact of enrollment in a private school choice program on students' special education identification and de-identification. View this publication…
Supplying Choice: An Analysis of School Participation in Voucher Programs in D.C., Indiana, and Louisiana
This paper by Yujie Sude, Corey A. DeAngelis, and Patrick J. Wolf examines the impact of private school regulations on school participation in voucher programs in D.C., Indiana, and Louisiana. View this publication…
The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement after Three Years
This paper by Jonathan N. Mills and Patrick J. Wolf examines the effects of using a Louisiana Scholarship Program scholarship to enroll in one's first choice private school on student achievement in the three years following the program's expansion. View this publication…
Did the Teachers Dismissed after Hurricane Katrina Return to Public Education?
A policy brief and technical report by Jane Arnold Lincove, Nathan Barrett, and Katharine O. Strunk on how and whether the 4,332 New Orleans public school teachers dismissed after Hurricane Katrina returned to public school employment in Louisiana. View this publication…
Teachers' Perspectives on Learning and Work Environments under the New Orleans School Reforms
A policy brief and technical report by Lindsay Bell Weixler, Douglas N. Harris, and Nathan Barrett on teachers’ perceptions of how learning and work environments changed in New Orleans publicly funded schools after Hurricane Katrina. View this publication…
How Do Schools Respond to State Policies on Teacher Evaluation?
A policy brief and technical report by Julie A. Marsh, Susan Bush-Mecenas, Katharine O. Strunk, Jane Arnold Lincove, and Alice Huguet on the implementation of post-Katrina teacher evaluation reforms in New Orleans publicly funded schools. View this publication…
Did the New Orleans School Reforms Increase Segregation?
A policy brief and technical report by Lindsay Bell Weixler, Nathan Barrett, Douglas N. Harris, and Jennifer Jennings on the effects of the post-Katrina reforms on school segregation in New Orleans. View this publication…
When Tenure Ends: Teacher Turnover in Response to Policy Changes in Louisiana
A policy brief and technical report by Katharine O. Strunk, Nathan Barrett, and Jane Arnold Lincove on the effects of tenure reform on teacher turnover in Louisiana's traditional public schools. View this publication…
Does School Reform = Spending Reform? The Effect of the New Orleans School Reforms on the Use and Level of School Expenditures
A policy brief and technical report by Christian Buerger and Douglas N. Harris on the effects of the post-Katrina school reforms on the operating expenditures of New Orleans' publicly funded schools. View this publication…