Universal Free School Meals and Student Achievement Evidence

Featuring replication materials for a study on the impact of the Community Eligibility Provision, which provides universal free school meals, on student achievement. The data was authored by Krista Ruffini for publication in the Journal of Human Resources. The specific row count, column count, and data structure are not detailed in the provided input.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between universal free school meal provision and standardized test score outcomes.
• Investigate the effects of the Community Eligibility Provision on academic achievement metrics across different school districts.
• Replicate econometric models from the published study to validate the findings on student performance.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Human Resources.
• The project files have been updated, with a note to reference the latest version for current data, indicating maintenance.

Limitations

• The dataset's structure, including rows, columns, and sample data, is not described, hindering initial assessment of its analytical utility.
• The description is limited to being replication materials, which may not constitute the primary raw data used in the study.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Replication materials for a published academic study.

Freshness

The project was last updated on 2026-02-23.