Eric Hanushek
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Eric Alan Hanushek (/ˈhænəʃɛk/;[1] born May 22, 1943) is an economist who has written prolifically on public policy with a special emphasis on the economics of education. Since 2000, he has been a Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution,[2][3][4] an American public policy think tank located at Stanford University in California. He was awarded the Yidan Prize for Education Research in 2021.
Eric A. Hanushek | |
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Born | (1943-05-22) May 22, 1943 (age 80) Lakewood, Ohio, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Academic career | |
Institution | Stanford University University of Rochester Yale University |
Field | Education economics |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States Air Force Academy |
Awards | Yidan Prize for Education Research, 2021 |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Hanushek advocates using economic analysis to improve student performance. He has authored numerous, highly cited[5] articles on the effects of class size reduction, high-stakes accountability, teacher effectiveness, and other education related topics. In a 1971 paper he introduced the concept of evaluating teacher effectiveness on the basis of student learning gains.[6] This idea is the basis of value-added assessments of teacher quality. In his most recent book, The Knowledge Capital of Nations, Hanushek concludes that the quality of education is causally related to economic growth. [7]
Hanushek is a periodic contributor to the opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal and also appears in court cases as a paid expert witness testifying for the state in lawsuits brought by plaintiffs attempting to equalize disparities in funding of school districts.[8]