Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2022

Latham, Scott and Jennifer L. Jennings+. “Elevated Water Lead Levels in Schools Using Water from On-Site Wells.” Journal of Water and Health 20(9): 1425-1435.

Sattin-Bajaj, Carolyn and Jennifer L. Jennings. Homelessness and School Choice: Examining the Experiences of Families Living in Shelter. Peabody Journal of Education 97: 32-46.

Latham, Scott and Jennifer L. Jennings+. “Reducing Lead Exposure in School Water: Evidence from Remediation Efforts in New York City Schools.” Environmental Research (203): 111735.

2021

Latham, Scott, Sean Corcoran, Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, and Jennifer L. Jennings+. Racial Disparities in Pre-k Quality: Evidence from New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program. Educational Researcher 50(9): 607-617.

2020

Sattin-Bajaj, Carolyn, and Jennifer L. Jennings. School Counselors’ Assessment of the Legitimacy of High School Choice Policy. Educational Policy 34(1): 21-42.

2019

Kim, Margeum, King, Marissa D, Jennings, Jennifer. (2019). ADHD remission, inclusive special education, and socioeconomic disparities. SSM - Population Health, 8, 1-10. http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1n77t

Corcoran, Sean P. and Jennifer L. Jennings. Information and School Choice. Handbook of Research on School Choice (ed., Mark Berends).

2018

Mittleman-Levin, Joel and Jennifer L. Jennings. Accountability, Achievement, and Inequality in American Public Schools: A Review of the Literature. Handbook of the Sociology of Education (ed., Barbara Schneider).

Corcoran, Sean. P., and Jennifer L. Jennings. The Gender Gap in Charter School Enrollment. Educational Policy.

Sattin-Bajaj, Carolyn, Jennifer L. Jennings, Sean P. Corcoran, Christine Baker-Smith*, and Chantal Hailey*. Surviving at the Street-Level: How Counselors’ Implementation of School Choice Policy Shapes High School Destinations. Sociology of Education 91(1): 46-71.

2016

Koretz, Daniel M., Jennifer L. Jennings, Hui-Leng Ng*, Carol Yu*, David Braslow*, and Meredith Langi*. Auditing for Score Inflation Using Self-Monitoring Assessments: Findings from Three Pilot Studies. Educational Assessment 21(4): 231-47.

Jennings, JL, Lauen, DL. (2016). Accountability, inequality, and achievement: The effects of the no child left behind act on multiple measures of student learning. RSF, 2 (5), 220 - 241. http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1rx8v

Deming, DJ, Cohodes, S, Jennings, J, Jencks, C. (2016). School accountability, postsecondary attainment, and earnings. Review of Economics and Statistics, 98 (5), 848 - 862. http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1cr2p

Jennings, Jennifer L. and Aaron M. Pallas. How Does Value-Added Data Affect Teachers? Educational Leadership 73(8): printed online.

2015

Rich, Peter M.* and Jennifer L. Jennings. Choice, Information, and Constrained Options: School Transfers in a Stratified Education System. American Sociological Review 80(5): 1069-1098.

Jennings, Jennifer L. David Deming, Christopher Jencks, Maya Lopuch, and Beth Schueler*. Do Differences in School Quality Matter More Than We Thought? Educational Opportunity in the 21st Century. Sociology of Education 88 (1): 56-82.

2014

King, Marissa D., Jennifer L. Jennings, and Jason Fletcher. Medical Adaptation to Academic Pressure: Schooling, Stimulant Use, and Socioeconomic Status. American Sociological Review 79(6): 1-28. * ASA Sociology of Education Section James Coleman Article Award

Jennings, Jennifer L. and Jonathan M. Bearak*. Teaching to the Test” in the NCLB Era: How Test Predictability Affects Our Understanding of Student Performance. Educational Researcher 43: 381-389.

Jennings, Jennifer, Sohn, Heeju. (2014). Measure for Measure: How Proficiency-Based Accountability Systems Affect Inequality in Academic Achievement. Sociology of Education, 87 (2), 125 - 141. http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1hf5w

2013

Jennings, Jennifer L., and Heeju Sohn*. “A Tale of Two Tests: Test Scores, Accountability, and Inequality in American Education.” In S. Rutledge, R. Jacobsen, and D. Anagnostopoulos, The Infrastructure of Accountability: Data Use and the Transformation of American Education. Harvard Education Press, p. 183-198.

Holcombe, Rebecca*, Jennifer L. Jennings, and Daniel Koretz. "Predictable Patterns that Facilitate Score Inflation: A Comparison of the New York and Massachusetts State Tests." In G. Sunderman (Ed.), Charting Reform, Achieving Equity in a Diverse Nation, p. 163-189.

2012

Jennings, Jennifer L. The Effect of Accountability System Design on the Use of Test Score Data. Teachers College Record 114(11): 1-23.

DiPrete, Thomas A., & Jennifer L. Jennings. Social and Behavioral Skills and the Gender Gap in Early Educational Achievement. Social Science Research 41: 1-15.

2011

Jennings, Jennifer L. & Sean P. Corcoran. “Beyond High Stakes: Teacher Effects on Multiple Educational Outcomes.” In S. Kelly (Ed.), Assessing Teacher Quality: Understanding Teacher Effects on Instruction and Achievement. Teachers College Press, p. 77-96.

2010

Jennings, Jennifer L. School Choice or Schools’ Choice? Managing in an Era of Accountability. Sociology of Education 83: 227-247.

Jennings, Jennifer L., & Thomas A. DiPrete. Teacher Effects on Social and Behavioral Skills in Elementary School. Sociology of Education 83: 135-159.

Pallas, Aaron, & Jennifer L. Jennings. A Multiplex Theory of Urban Service Distribution: The Case of School Expenditures. Urban Affairs Review 45: 608-643.

Corcoran, Sean P. & Jennifer L. Jennings. “Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification.’” In K.G. Welner, P. Hinchey, A. Molnar, & D. Weitzman (Eds), Think Tank Research Quality: Lessons for Policy Makers, the Media, and the Public. Information Age Publishing, p. 281-300.

2009

Pallas, Aaron, & Jennifer L. Jennings. Cumulative Knowledge about Cumulative Advantage. Swiss Journal of Sociology 35: 211-229.

Jennings, Jennifer L., & Andrew A. Beveridge. How Does Test Exemption Affect Schools’ and Students’ Academic Performance? Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 31: 153-175.

2008

Booher-Jennings, Jennifer. Learning to Label: Gender, Socialization, and High-Stakes Testing in Elementary School. British Journal of Sociology of Education 29: 149-160.

2007

Booher-Jennings, Jennifer & Andrew A. Beveridge. “Who Counts for Accountability? High-Stakes Test Exemptions in a Large Urban School District.” In A. Sadovnik, J. O'Day, G. Bohrnstedt, & K. Borman (Eds.), No Child Left Behind and the Reduction of the Achievement Gap: Sociological Perspectives on Federal Education Policy. Routledge, p. 77-96.

2005

Booher-Jennings, Jennifer. Below the Bubble: “Educational Triage” and the Texas Accountability System. American Educational Research Journal 42: 231-268.