Research

Please select the link below for a page where you can download a particular article and to read its abstract. In a few cases, the link also includes a short video presenting the paper and its results.

Refereed Publications

McGee, J.B. and M. A. Winters (2019). Rethinking the Structure of Teacher Retirement Benefits: Analyzing the Preferences of Entering Teachers. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 41(1), pp: 63-78

Schwerdt, G., M. R. West, and M. A. Winters (2017). The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida. Journal of Public Economics, 152, pp: 154-169.

McGee, & M. A. Winters (2017). How Pensions Contribute to the Premium Paid to Experienced Public School Teachers. Educational Researcher, 46(5), pp: 250-258.

Winters, M. A., G. Clayton, and D. Carpenter (2017). Does Attending a Charter School Reduce the Likelihood of Being Placed into Special Education? Evidence from Denver, Colorado. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 39(3), pp: 448-463.

Winters, M. A., G. Clayton, and D. Carpenter (2017). Are Low-Performing Students More Likely to Exit Charter Schools? Evidence from New York City and Denver, Colorado. Economics of Education Review, vol. 56, pp: 110-117.

Winters, M. A. (2015). Understanding the Gap in Special Education Enrollments Between Charter and Traditional Public Schools: Evidence from Denver, Colorado. Educational Researcher, 44(4), pp 228-236.

Egalite, A., B. Kisida, and M. A. Winters (2015). Representation in the Classroom: The Effect of Own-Race/Ethnicity Teacher Assignment on Student Achievement. Economics of Education Review, 45, pp 44-52.

Winters, M. A. and D. M. Carpenter II. (2015). Who Chooses and Why in a University Choice Scholarship Program: Evidence from Douglas County, Colorado. Journal of School Leadership.

Winters, M. A. and J. M. Cowen (2013). Would a Value-Added System of Retention Improve the Distribution of Teacher Quality? A Simulation of Alternative Policies. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 32(3), pp: 634-654.

Winters, M. A. and J. M. Cowen (2013). Who Would Stay, Who Would Be Dismissed? An Empirical Consideration of Value-Added Teacher Retention Policies. Educational Researcher, 42(6), pp: 330-337.

Winters, M. A., R. Haight, K. Pickering, and T. Swaim (2013). The Effects of Same Gender Teacher Assignment on Student Achievement: Evidence from Panel Data. Economics of Education Review, 34, pp: 69-75.

Cowen, J. M. and M. A. Winters (2013). Choosing Charters: Who Leaves Public School as an Alternative Sector Expands? Journal of Education Finance, 38(3), pp: 210-229.

Cowen, J. M. and M. A. Winters (2013). Do Charter Schools Retain Teachers Differently than Traditional Public Schools? Evidence from Florida. Education Finance and Policy, 8(1), pp: 14 – 42.

Winters, M. A. and J. M. Cowen (2012). Grading New York: Accountability and Student Proficiency in America’s Largest School District. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 34(3), pp: 313-327.

Winters, M. A. and J. P. Greene (2012). The Medium-Run Effects of Florida’s Test-Based Promotion Policy. Education Finance and Policy, 7(3), pp: 305 – 330.

Winters, M. A. (2012). Measuring the Competitive Effect of Charter Schools on Public School Student Achievement in an Urban Environment: Evidence from New York City. Economics of Education Review, 31(2), pp: 293-301.

Winters, M. A., B. L. Dixon, and J. P. Greene (2012). Observed Characteristics and Teacher Quality: Impacts of Sample Selection on a Value Added Model. Economics of Education Review, 31(1), pp: 19-32.

Winters, M. A. and J. P. Greene (2011). Public School Response to Special Education Vouchers: The Impact of Florida’s McKay Scholarship Program on Disability Diagnosis and Student Achievement in Public Schools. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 33, pp: 188-158.

Winters, M. A. and J. P. Greene (2011). “An Evaluation of Florida’s Program to End Social Promotion” in David Leal and Kenneth Meier eds., Politics of Latino Education, Teachers College Press.

Winters, M. A., J. P. Greene, and J. Trivitt (2010). The Impact of High-Stakes Testing on Student Proficiency in Low-Stakes Subjects: Evidence from Florida’s Elementary Science Exam. Economics of Education Review, 29(1), pp: 138-146.

Greene, J. P. and M. A. Winters (2009). The Effects of Exemptions to Florida’s Test-Based Promotion Policy: Who is Retained? Who Benefits Academically? Economics of Education Review, 28(1), pp: 135-142.

Greene, J. P. and M. A. Winters (2007). Revisiting Grade Retention: An Evaluation of Florida’s Test-Based Promotion Policy. Education Finance and Policy, Vol. 2, Number 4, Fall.

Greene, J. P., M. A. Winters, and G. Forster (2004). Testing High-Stakes Tests: Can We Believe the Results of Accountability Tests? Teachers College Record, Volume 106, Number 6

Books

Teachers Matter. January, 2012. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Education Myths (with Jay P. Greene and Greg Forster). August 2005. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

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