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What differences a day can make: Quantile regression estimates of the distribution of daily learning gains

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  • Gershenson, Seth

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Quantile regressions, which exploit quasi-random variation in days between kindergarten students’ fall and spring tests, show that the effect of school days on kindergarten students’ math and reading gains vary significantly, and monotonically, across the distribution of achievement gains.

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  • Hayes, Michael S. & Gershenson, Seth, 2016. "What differences a day can make: Quantile regression estimates of the distribution of daily learning gains," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 48-51.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:141:y:2016:i:c:p:48-51
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.01.023
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    Education production function; School year length; Quantile regression; ECLS-K; Instructional time;
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