gzamarro | Charassein

Who Strives when the Test Gets Harder? Disentangling Patterns of Student Effort in PISA

by gzamarro | Dec 19, 2019 | Ongoing Projects

In low-stakes tests, students’ incentives to invest their maximum effort might not be optimal. Thus, differences in test performance may reflect not only differences in student knowledge but also differences in student effort. Research stresses that ignoring effort...

Charassein 2019 Newsletter

by gzamarro | Dec 19, 2019 | Recent Releases

This was another great year for Charassein! Click here for a brief summary of all the work we have done during 2019. Charassein 2019.

Charassein 2018 Newsletter

by gzamarro | Dec 19, 2018 | Recent Releases

2018 was another great year for Charassein! Click here for a brief summary of all of the work we have done during this past year. Charassein 2018

Identifying naturally-occurring direct assessments of social-emotional competencies: The promise and limitations of survey and assessment disengagement metadata

by gzamarro | Sep 24, 2018 | Recent Releases, Research, Working Papers

Soland, J., Zamarro G., Cheng, A., & Hitt, C. (2018). EDRE Working Paper No. 2018-06.

An evaluation of the educational impact of college campus visits: A randomized experiment

by gzamarro | Nov 22, 2017 | Ongoing Projects

This project studies the degree to which visits to a college campus during middle school could reduce barriers to college access, specifically for disadvantaged students. This study is motivated by the belief that a lack of familiarity with college experiences poses a...