EDRE Research Products

Check out the EDRE Working Paper series at ScholarWorks@UARK, the institutional repository for the University of Arkansas research, scholarship and creative work.

All the links below are to PDFs.

◆ Gallo, Misty, Ritter, Colyn, Wolf, Patrick J. Available Space... The Final Frontier.  An Empirical Analysis of the Heterogeneous Regulatory Burdens that Oversee Private Schools within States with School Choice Policies (April 2026). EDRE Working Paper 2026-03. 

◆ Helal, Al Mansor, Hiraki, Ryotaro & Patrinos, Harry. Returns to Education in the United States: A Comparison of OLS and Double Machine Learning Methods (March 2026). EDRE Working Paper 2026-02.

◆ Scott, Taylor, McGee, Josh, Schellhase, Meredith, & Zamarro, Gema. 2025 Arkansas Teacher Working Conditions & Wellbeing Survey Report (March 2026). EDRE Research Brief 2026-01.

◆ Cheng, Albert, Watson, Angela, & Lee, Matthew. An Analysis of Educational Sector Mixing Among U.S. Homeschooling Families from Three Waves of the National Household Education Survey (February 2026). EDRE Working Paper 2026-01. 

◆ Patrinos, Harry, A., & Rivera-Olvera, Angela. The Returns to Education in Arkansas: Evidence from the 1987 Compulsory Education Law (December 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-14.

◆ Schellhase, Meredith, Zamarro, Gema, McGee, Josh, & Cowhy, Jennifer. Leading through Change: Arkansas Administrators' Perspectives and Wellbeing in 2025 (October 2025). EDRE Research Brief 2025-02.

◆ Zamarro, Gema, & McGee, Josh. Overview of the Arkansas Teacher Workforce (October 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-13.

◆ Daniels, Daion L., Johnson, Alison H., McGee, Joshua B., Wolf, Patrick J. 2024-25 Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts Program Annual Report (October 2025). EDRE Policy Report 2025-01.

◆ Patrinos, Harry, A., & Rivera-Olvera, Angela. From Gains to Losses and Back: Achievement Trends and Post-Pandemic Recovery in Arkansas (October 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-12.

◆ Wilson, Taylor, Zamarro, Gema, Camp, Andrew, & McGee, Josh. Trajectories into Teaching of Arkansas Educator Preparation Programs Enrollees (September 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-11.

◆ Patrinos, Harry A. Returns to Education in Greece: Causal Evidence from the 1977 Labor Market Survey (September 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-10.

◆ Khalid, Arslan. Non-Monetary Incentives in Education: Investigating the Impact of Four-Day School Week on Teacher Retention & Hiring (September 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-09.

◆ Patrinos, Harry A., & Psacharopoulos, George. Causal Returns to Education (July 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-08.

◆ Patrinos, Harry A., & Rivera, Angelica. Education and Earnings in Arkansas (June 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-07.

◆ Patrinos, Harry A., & Pascharopoulos, George. The Effect of Raising School Quality on Earnings (May 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-06.

◆ Wilson, Taylor, Zamarro, Gema, Anderson, Kaitlin, & McKenzie, Sarah. Examining Racial Disparities in School Discipline Throughout the Pandemic (May 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-05.

◆ Ménedez, Ildefonso, & Zamarro, Gema. Teaching Practices and the Persistence of School-Entry Age Effects (May 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-04.

◆ Helal, Al Mansor, Wai, Jonathan, Parra-Martinez, Andy, McKenzie, Sarah, & Seaton, Dustin. Widening the Net: How CogAT and ACT Aspire Compare in Gifted Identification (March 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-03.

◆ Klutts, Cassidy, & Cheng, Albert. Board-Head Relationships: The Role of Relational Trust and Intentional Care in Fostering Head of School Well-Being (March 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-02.

◆ Patrinos, Harry A., Jakubowski, Maciej, & Gajderowicz, Tomasz. The Learning Crisis in the United States Three Years After COVID-19 (March 2025). EDRE Working Paper 2025-01.

◆ Gajderowicz, Tomasz, Jakubowski, Maciej, Kennedy, Alec, Kjeldsen, Christian Christrup, Patrinos, Harry Anthony, & Striethold, Rolf. The Learning Crisis: Three Years After COVID-19 (December 2024). EDRE Working Paper 2024-08. 

◆ Zamarro, Gema, McGee, Josh, & Schellhase, Meredith. Wellbeing and Working Conditions in the Arkansas Teacher Workforce (November 2024, updated March 2026). EDRE Research Brief 2024-02.

◆ Zamarro, Gema, Nichols, Malachi, Trivitt, Julie, & Djita, Rian. Unlocking College Potential: The Role of Student Expectations and Non-Cognitive Skills in College Success (November 2024). EDRE Working Paper 2024-07.

◆ Patrinos, Harry, & Rivera-Olvera, Angelica. The Returns to Education over time and the Effect of COVID-19 (September 2024). EDRE Working Paper 2024-06.

◆ Cheng, Albert. The Year-by-Year Primary and Secondary Education Histories of Homeschooled Individuals and the Implications for Empirical Homeschooling Research (August 2024). EDRE Working Paper 2024-05.

◆ Cheng, Albert, & Watson, Angela. How Do Demographic Characteristics of Homeschooling Households Influence the Way Homeschooling is Practiced? (August 2024). EDRE Working Paper 2024-04.

◆ Camp, Andrew, Zamarro, Gema, McGee, Josh. Untapped Potential? Understanding the Paraeducator-to-Teacher Pipeline and its Potential for Diversifying the Teacher Workforce (August 2024). EDRE Working Paper 2024-03.

◆ Zamarro, Gema, Camp, Andrew, McGee, Josh, Wilson, Taylor, & Vernon, Miranda. Raising the Floor: Teacher Retention Effects of a Statewide Minimum Salary Increase (May 2024, updated March 2026). EDRE Working Paper 2024-02.

◆ Zamarro, Gema, Camp, Andrew, McGee, Josh, & Vernon, Miranda. Administrators' Views of Teacher Salary Changes Under the Arkansas LEARNS Act (May 2024). EDRE Research Brief 2024-01.

◆ Camp, Andrew. Teacher Retention and Quality in the Four-Day School Week (May 2024). EDRE Working Paper 2024-01.

◆ Camp, Andrew, Zamarro, Gema, & McGee, Josh. Arkansas Teacher Retention Entering the 2023-24 School Year (December 2023). EDRE Research Brief 2023-03.

◆ Morris, Sarah, McKenzie, Sarah, & Vernon, Miranda. Course Correction: Navigating Equity in Ninth-Grade Advanced Placement (December 2023). EDRE Working Paper 2023-06.

◆ Zamarro, Gema, Camp, Andrew, McGee, Josh, Wilson, Taylor, & Vernon, Miranda. Changes in Teacher Salaries Under The Arkansas LEARNS Act (November 2023). EDRE Research Brief 2023-02.

◆ McKenzie, Sarah. High-Growth Elementary Schools in Arkansas Based on Performance on the ACT Aspire Examinations (October 2023). Arkansas Education Report 2023-05.

◆ Cheng, Albert. Does Reading Historical Drama Increase Historical Knowledge and Empathy? The Case of Dorothy Sayers's The Man Born to be King (August 2023). EDRE Working Paper 2023-05.

◆ Morris, Sarah, McKenzie, Sarah, & Vernon, Miranda. Freshman Course Credit and Unexcused Absences: An Arkansas Policy Analysis (August 2023). Arkansas Education Report 2023-04.

◆ Morris, Sarah, & McKenzie, Sarah. A Glimpse into Arkansas Teachers' Grading Practices (May 2023). EDRE Working Paper 2023-04.

◆ Djita, Rian, Barnes, Kate, & McKenzie, Sarah. English Language Learners and Their Postsecondary Education Outcomes: Evidence from Arkansas (May 2023). EDRE Working Paper 2023-03.

◆ Camp, Andrew, Zamarro, Gema, & McGee, Josh. Teacher Turnover During the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 2023). EDRE Working Paper 2023-02.

◆ Morris, Sarah, & McKenzie, Sarah. A Glimpse into Arkansas Teachers' Grading Practices (April 2023). Arkansas Education Report 2023-03.

◆ McKenzie, Sarah. Arkansas Parent Pre-Kindergarten Survey 2023 (April 2023). Arkansas Education Report 2023-02.

◆ Camp, Andrew, Zamarro, Gema, & McGee, Josh. Movers, Switchers, and Exiters: Teacher Turnover during COVID-19 (March 2023). EDRE Research Brief 2023-01.

◆ Barnes, Kate, & McKenzie, Sarah. We Wanted to do Something Innovative: Exploring Motivations of Arkansas Districts Adopting Four-Day School Weeks or Year-Round Calendars (March 2023). Arkansas Education Report 2023-01.

◆ Camp, Andrew, Alison, Johnson H., & Zamarro, Gema. Revisiting Ethnic Differences in In-Person Learning During 2021-2022 (February 2023). EDRE Working Paper 2023-01.

◆ Goldstein, Jessica, Mills, Jonathan N., Cheng, Albert, Hitt, Collin E. Does the Timing of Money Matter? A Case Study of the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship (June 2022). EDRE Working Paper 2022-08

◆ Heape, Allison, Camp, Andrew, & Zamarro, Gema. Revisiting Ethnic Differences in In-Person Learning During 2021-2022 (August 2022). EDRE Research Brief 2022-01.

◆ Costrell, Robert M., & McGee, Josh. Economics of Sustainable Public Pension Funding (June 2022). EDRE Working Paper 2022-07.

◆ Camp, Andrew, McGee, Josh & Zamarro, Gema. Changes in Teachers’ Mobility and Attrition in Arkansas During the First Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic (June 2022). EDRE Working Paper 2022-06.

◆ Harris, Mattie, Maranto, Robert, Reilly, Wilfred, & Wolf, Patrick. Which Police Departments Make Black Lives Matter, Which Don't, and Why Don't Most Social Scientists Care? (May, 2022). EDRE Working Paper 2022-05.

◆ Cheng, Albert & Djita, Rian. The Role of Poetry in Cultivating Attentiveness, Curiosity, and Affinity in the Science Classroom. (April, 2022). EDRE Working Paper 2022- 04.

◆ Goldhaber, Dan, Grout, Cyrus, Holden, Kris, & McGee, Josh. Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? An Analysis of Pension Structure and Retirement Timing. (April, 2022). EDRE Working Paper 2022- 03.

◆ Greene, Jay P. & Paul, James D. Investigating the Relationship Between Negative Selection into Online Schooling and Achievement Growth. (February, 2022). EDRE Working Paper 2022-02.

◆ Camp, Andrew, Fuchsman, Dillon, McGee, Josh & Zamarro, Gema. Understanding how COVID-19 has Changed Teachers' Chances of Remaining in the Classroom. (February, 2022). EDRE Working Paper 2022- 01.

◆ Fuchsman, Dillon, McGee, Josh, Zamarro, Gema. Teachers' Knowledge and Preparedness for Retirement: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey. (November, 2021). EDRE Working Paper 2021-11.

◆ Cheng, Albert & Hamlin, Daniel. Contemporary homeschooling arrangements: An analysis of three waves of nationally representative data. (August, 2021). EDRE Working Paper 2021-10.

◆ Hamlin, Daniel & Cheng, Albert. Homeschooling, social isolation, and life trajectories: An analysis of formerly homeschooled adults. (August, 2021). EDRE Working Paper 2021-09.

◆ Djita, Rian, Tran, Bich Thi Ngoc, Nguyen, Nguyet Thi Minh, & Wibawanta, Budi. The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on First-generation, Low-income and Rural Students in Indonesia and Vietnam: A cross-cultural comparative study (August, 2021). EDRE Working Paper 2021-08.

◆ Zamarro, Gema, Camp, Andrew, Fuchsman, Dillon, & McGee, Josh. Understanding how COVID-19 has Changed Teachers' Chances of Remaining in the Classroom (August 2021). EDRE Research Brief No. 2021-01.

◆ Anaya, Lina, Iriberri, Nagore, Rey-Biel, Pedro & Zamarro, Gema. Understanding Performance in Test Taking: The Role of Question Difficulty Order. (April 2021). EDRE Working Paper No. 2021-07.

◆ Kingsbury, Ian, Bradley-Dorsey, Martha, & Maranto, Robert. Charter School Closing Inequities: Do automatic closure laws target Black charter entrepreneurs and Black students? (April 2021). EDRE Working Paper No. 2021-06.

◆ Paul, James D., Cheng, Albert, Greene, Jay P., & McGee, Josh B. The Value of College Athletics in the Labor Market: Results from a Resume Audit Field Experiment (April 2021). EDRE Working Paper No. 2021-05.

◆ Camp, Andrew & Zamarro, Gema Determinants of Ethnic Differences in School Modality Choices during the COVID-19 Crisis (April 2021). EDRE Working Paper No. 2021-04.

◆ Cheng, Albert & Djita, Rian Volunteering and Charitable Giving among Australian Young Adults and the Mediating Role of Community Service Emphasis in Secondary Schools (April 2021). EDRE Working Paper No. 2021-03.

◆ Greene, Jay P., Cheng, Albert, & Kingsbury, Ian Education and Anti-Semitism (February 2021). EDRE Working Paper No. 2021-02.

◆ McGee, Josh B., Mills, Jonathan N., & Goldstein, Jessica S. The Effect of School District Consolidation on Student Achievement: Evidence from Arkansas (January, 2021). EDRE Working Paper No. 2021-01.

◆ Fuchsman, Dillon, McGee, Josh B. & Zamarro, Gema. Teachers' Willingness to Pay for Retirement Benefits: A National Stated Preferences Experiment (October, 2020). EDRE Working Paper No. 2020-06.

◆ Goldstein, Jessica and McGee, Josh B. Did Spending Cuts During the Great Recession Really Cause Student Outcomes to Decline? (October, 2020). EDRE Working Paper No. 2020-05.

◆ Anaya, Lina and Zamarro, Gema. The role of student effort on performance in PISA: Revisiting the gender gap in achievement (September, 2020). EDRE Working Paper No. 2020-04.

◆ Erickson, Heidi H., Watson, Angela R. and Greene, Jay P. An Experimental Evaluation of Arts Field Trips (September 2, 2020). EDRE Working Paper No. 2020-03.

◆ Cheng, Albert and Florick, Laura, The Value of Study Abroad Experience in the Labor Market: Findings from a Resume Audit Experiment (February 7, 2020). EDRE Working Paper No. 2020-02.

◆ Fuchsman, Dillon and Sass, Tim and Zamarro, Gema, Testing, Teacher Turnover and the Distribution of Teachers across Grades and Schools (January 30, 2020). EDRE Working Paper No. 2020-01.