Posts tagged with 'academic achievement'
May 28, 2021
Zooming to class?
Experimental study provides evidence on college students' online learning during COVID-19
April 11, 2019
How four-day school weeks affect student achievement
Oregon study finds negative effects on test scores particularly for boys and low-income students
May 5, 2018
The costly consequences of just failing a high-stakes exam
Education systems around the world increasingly apply standardized high school exit exams to make achievement more comparable among graduates (see […]
September 17, 2015
Can gender differences in computer use explain why boys do worse in school than girls?
Boys perform worse in school than girls, which has been dubbed the “Boy Crisis”. An analysis of the latest data […]
July 13, 2015
Socio-economic background shapes children’s personality
In many countries, people find it hard to climb up the economic ladder. According to a recent IZA paper, one […]
July 7, 2015
Early-life medical interventions benefit siblings of treated children
When newborns with a too low birth weight are treated, even their non-affected siblings benefit. This is the conclusion of […]