Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Kho, A., Zimmer, R. & McEachin, A. (2020). A Descriptive Analysis of Cream-Skimming and Push-Out in Choice versus Traditional Public Schools. Education Finance and Policy. Advance online publication. [Link]
- Viano, S., Pham, L., Henry, G., Kho, A. & Zimmer, R. (2020). What Teachers Want: School Factors Predicting Teachers’ Decisions to Work in Low-Performing Schools. American Educational Research Journal, 58(1) 201-233. [Link]
- Pham, L., Henry, G. T., Kho, A., & Zimmer, R. (2020). Sustainability and Maturation of School Turnaround: A Multiyear Evaluation of Tennessee’s Achievement School District and Local Innovation Zones. AERA Open. [Link]
- Henry, G. T., Pham, L., Kho, A., & Zimmer, R. (2020). Peeking Into the Black Box of School Turnaround: A Formal Test of Mediators and Suppressors. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 42(2), 232-256. [Link]
- Zimmer, R., Henry, G. & Kho, A. (2017). The Effects of School Turnaround in Tennessee’s Achievement School District and Innovation Zones. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 39(4), 670-696. [Link]
- Kho, A. (Under Review). Free Meals for All? The Effect of the Community Eligibility Provision Program in Tennessee
- Kho, A., Henry, G. T., Zimmer, R. & Pham, L. (Under Review). General Equilibrium Effects of Recruiting High-Performing Teachers for School Turnaround: Evidence from Tennessee.
Other Publications
- Kho, A., Zimmer, R., & Buddin, R. (2020). The Economics of Charter Schools. In Bradley, S. & Green, C. (Ed.), Economics of Education.
- Pham, L., Henry, G. T., Kho, A., & Zimmer, R. (2019). School Turnaround in Tennessee: Insights After Six Years of Reform. Tennessee Education Research Alliance.
- Pham, L., Henry, G. T., Zimmer, R. & Kho, A. (2018). School Turnaround After Five Years: An Extended Evaluation of Tennessee’s Achievement School District and Local Innovation Zones. Tennessee Education Research Alliance.
- Kho, A., Henry, G., Zimmer, R. & Pham, L. (2018). How has iZone Teacher Recruitment Affected the Performance of Other Schools? Tennessee Education Research Alliance.
- Henry, G., Zimmer, R., Kho, A. & Pham, L. (2017). Recruitment and Retention of Teachers in Tennessee’s Achievement School District and iZone Schools. Tennessee Education Research Alliance.
- Zimmer, R., Kho, A., Henry, G. & Viano, S. (2015). Evaluation of the Effect of Tennessee’s Achievement School District on Student Test Scores. Tennessee Consortium on Research, Evaluation, and Development.
- Henry, G., Zimmer, R., Attridge, J, Kho, A. & Viano, S. (2014). Teacher and Student Migration In and Out of Tennessee’s Achievement School District. Tennessee Consortium on Research, Evaluation, and Development.
Working Papers
- Kho, A. & Pham, L. D. Do They Stay or Do They Go? Teachers in Tennessee’s Lowest-Performing Schools
- Kho, A., Rabovsky, S., & Polikoff, M. Alternatives for Whom? Trends in Alternative School Enrollment and Student and Staff Characteristics
- Kho, A. & Tong, T. Does Working in High School Increase the Likelihood of Dropping Out?
- Kho, A., Tong, T., & Polikoff, M. The Effects of Instructional Leadership Coaching on Leader and Teacher Practices and Student Achievement
- Rabovsky, S., Kho, A., & Polikoff, M. The Impact of Mainstream School Accountability Measures on Alternative School Enrollment