TY - JOUR T1 - The Impact of School Reform on Student Performance Evidence JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 500 LP - 522 DO - 10.3368/jhr.XXXIX.2.500 VL - XXXIX IS - 2 AU - Amy Ellen Schwartz AU - Leanna Stiefel AU - Dae Yeop Kim Y1 - 2004/03/31 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/2/500.abstract N2 - This paper evaluates the impact of the New York Networks for School Renewal Project, a whole school reform initiated by the Annenberg Foundation as part of a nationwide reform strategy. It uses data on students in randomly chosen control schools to estimate impacts on student achievement, using an intent-to-treat design. After controlling for student demographic, mobility, and school characteristics, the authors find positive impacts for students attending reform schools in the fourth Grade, mixed evidence for fifth Grade, and slight to no evidence for sixth Grade. On average, there is a small positive impact. The paper illustrates how relatively inexpensive administrative data can be used to evaluate education reforms. ER -