Publications

Gaddis, S. Michael & Lauen, Douglas L. (2014). School Accountability and the Black-White Test Score Gap. Social Science Research, 44, 15-31.

Lauen, Douglas L. (2013). Jumping at the Chance: The Effects of Accountability Incentives on Student Achievement. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 6(2), 93-113.

Lauen, Douglas L. & Gaddis, S. Michael (2013). Exposure to Classroom Poverty and Test Score Achievement: Contextual Effects or Selection?. American Journal of Sociology, 118(4), 943-979.

Lauen, Douglas L. & Gaddis, S. Michael (2012). Shining a Light or Fumbling in the Dark? The Effects of NCLB’s Subgroup-Specific Accountability on Student Achievement. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 34(2), 185-208.

Ladd, Helen F. & Lauen, Douglas L. (2010). Status versus Growth: The Distributional Effects of School Accountability Policies. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 29(3), 426-450.

Lauen, Douglas L. (2009). To Choose or Not to Choose: High School Choice and Graduation in Chicago. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 31(3), 179-199.

Lauen, Douglas L. & Tyson, Karolyn (2009). Perspectives from the Disciplines: Sociological Contributions to Education Policy Research and Debates.. Sykes, Gary; Schneider, Barbara; & Plank, David N. (Eds.) (pp. 71-82). New York: Routledge.

Lauen, Douglas L. (2008). False Promises: The School Choice Provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act.. Sadovnik, Alan R.; O'Day, Jennifer A.; Bohrnstedt, George W.; & Borman, Kathryn M. (Eds.) (pp. 203-226). New York: Routledge.

Lauen, Douglas L. (2007). Contextual Explanations of School Choice. Sociology of Education, 80(3), 179-209.