More than Meets the Eye: The Effectiveness of Education Programs and Policies for Special Populations and the Teachers Who Educate Them.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Personal attributes such as disability, language, and nativity often require additional attention for schools to deliver an appropriate education. In this dissertation, I present three papers on the education of immigrant children, children with.
In Chapter 2 I investigate the impact of New York State's high school exit exam policy on English language learners' academic outcomes. Using regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences methodologies I estimate the impacts of marginal.
Chapter 3 examines the lower representation of immigrant children in special education services compared to their native peers. I combine data from two nationally representative surveys and administrative city data spanning the years 2009-2015 t.
Lastly in Chapter 4, Meryle Weinstein and I evaluate the effect of the Urban Advantage program on middle school science teacher turnover. This longstanding-collaboration between eight science-rich cultural institutions and the New York City Depa.