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.
What Effect Did the New Orleans School Reforms Have on Student Achievement, High School Graduation, and College Outcomes?
A policy brief by Douglas N. Harris and Matthew F. Larsen examines the post-Katrina school reforms' long-term effects on a range of student outcomes. View this publication…
What Gets Measured Gets Done: Improving Performance Measures in the Next Generation of Accountability under ESSA
A policy brief by Douglas N. Harris and Lihan Liu examines how school ratings would change if states evaluated school performance differently. View this publication…
How Have New Orleans' Charter-Based School Reforms Affected Pre-Kindergarten?
A policy brief by Lindsay Bell Weixler, Jane Arnold Lincove, and Alica Gerry on how the growth of charter schools in New Orleans affected pre-kindergarten (pre-K) program offerings. View this publication…
What are the Sources of School Discipline Disparities by Student Race and Family Income?
A policy brief by Nathan Barrett, Andrew McEachin, Jonathan N. Mills, and Jon Valant on differences in suspension rates and durations by race and family income in the state of Louisiana. View this publication…
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…