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1,183 gap statements mined from School Choice and Performance papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 14,466 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • This finding had not been documented before in this context, but it echoes evidence from a similar teacher reform in Colombia (Brutti and Torres, 2021).

    Rule-based civil service: Evidence from a nationwide teacher reform in Mexico · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should explore other dimensions, such as student satisfaction, retention, or employability, to provide a more holistic view of academic achievement. Secondly, the study examined key factors like high school mathematics marks and progression rates but did not account for other influences such as learning styles, motivation, or family support.

    Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling of Student Academic Performance: The Impact of Mathematics Competency, Institutional Context, and Temporal Variability · 2025 · DOI

  • The impact of high school curriculum reforms on students' major choices in higher education remains an underexplored field. Most research on curriculum reforms has concentrated on core subjects or sought to explain gender disparities in major choices. There is a need for further research on the long-term educational implications of school curriculum reforms.

    Can Educational Policy Influence Major Choices in Higher Education Through Changes in School Curriculum? · 2025 · DOI

  • The study highlights the need to address the issue of missing data and ensure the quality of the data used in the analysis.

    The Socialization of Meritocracy and Market Justice Preferences at School · 2024 · DOI

  • Given the findings presented in this pilot study, further work in this area is needed and would contribute to the field’s understanding of leadership that supports teacher retention. In turn, this knowledge could inform school leaders’ own actions as well as their districts’ abilities to support them effectively in increasing teacher retention.

    Understanding School Leadership’s Influence on Teacher Retention in High-Poverty Settings: An Exploratory Study in the U.S. · 2024 · DOI

  • 2, a full theoretical analysis of more general model is an interesting open problem. Finally, our analysis leads to open questions such as theoretically optimal interventions under other heterogeneous student preferences and qualitative analyses when student potentials are not Pareto-distributed.

    Reducing the Filtering Effect in Public School Admissions: A Bias-aware Analysis for Targeted Interventions · 2026 · DOI

  • One limitation of this meta-analysis study design is that the extent of conclusions of this study is based on the randomized and quasi-experimental designs.

    Meta-Analysis for Math Teachers’ Professional Development and Students’ Achievement · 2025 · DOI

  • By integrating sociological frameworks with geospatial analysis techniques, this study not only advances methodological approaches in spatial equity research but also addresses critical gaps in understanding the drivers of educational resource allocation.

    Investigating the Imbalanced Patterns and Determinants of Kindergarten Distribution Across China · 2025 · DOI

  • Concerning the below-average intelligence group (BAI), no assumptions were made due to contradictory results and theories.

    Does Students’ Level of Intelligence Moderate the Relationship Between Socio-Economic Status and Academic Achievement? · 2024 · DOI

  • Our study addresses important gaps in the literature that limit our understanding of the consequences of student mobility on academic performance.

    Does School Academic Context Moderate the Relationship between Student Mobility and Academic Performance? Longitudinal Evidence from Missouri · 2026 · DOI

  • This synthesis is more essential for resolving intricate or even conflicting results, as in the case of parental involvement.

    Determinants of Student Underperformance in PISA 2022: Mixed-Methods Analysis of Socioeconomic Status, Parental Involvement, Digital Access, and School Environment · 2026 · DOI

  • Black girls and school discipline: The complexities of being overrepresented and understudied.

    “What’s Math Got to Do with It?” Emphasizing Math as an Impediment to STEM Excellence for Black Students · 2024 · DOI

  • The government and the Ministry of Education should consider the location when setting up a senior high school and bridge the social amenities and infrastructure gap that exists between the rural and urban schools to enhance the better mathematics achievement of all students in their final examinations, like the WASSCE.

    Investigating the moderate effect of school location and gender on the relationship between school type and students’ mathematics achievement · 2026 · DOI

  • Limited access to resources and supportive family situations can hinder academic success. Addressing socioeconomic gaps is critical for establishing fair access to quality education.

    The influence of socioeconomic status on students’ mathematics achievement in secondary schools in Borama District, Somaliland · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of research on the association between socioeconomic status and mathematical achievement in fragile and under-researched contexts such as Somaliland. The study aims to fill this gap by providing context-specific descriptive evidence.

    The influence of socioeconomic status on students’ mathematics achievement in secondary schools in Borama District, Somaliland · 2026 · DOI

  • Physician assistant/associate (PA) programs often use undergraduate grade point average (GPA), one measure of academic achievement, to assess applicants for admission, but the extent to which SES impacts undergraduate academic achievement remains unexplored.

    Undergraduate Grade Point Average Mediates the Relationship Between Childhood Socioeconomic Indicators and Likelihood of Physician Assistant/Associate Matriculation · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to understand the impact of COVID-19 on teacher mobility. The study addresses the gap in research on the effects of instructional modes on teacher retention.

    Teacher mobility in North Carolina during COVID-19: An empirical analysis · 2026 · DOI

  • Very little is known about learning loss and recovery across different sectors of the education system. There is a need to examine the effect of attending a charter school on student achievement growth in Indiana during and after the pandemic.

    Indiana Charter School Performance During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of evidence on the impacts of "grow-your-own" programs. The Teacher Academy of Maryland program's effects have not been previously evaluated.

    Localized Teacher Recruitment Through “Grow‐Your‐Own”: Impacts of the High School Teacher Academy of Maryland Program · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a limited understanding of social class discrimination and its links to academic achievement among adolescents. Prior research has focused on college students, with limited attention to adolescents. The study aims to address this knowledge gap.

    Class is in session: social class discrimination and academic outcomes among adolescents · 2026 · DOI

  • The study addresses the gap in research on the longitudinal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education outcomes in Hungarian-medium schools. The study investigates the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and mathematics performance in Hungarian-medium schools.

    Teljesítményrés és szociális egyenlőtlenség a T9-mérésben: trendek a szlovákiai magyar iskolák körében (2019–2025) · 2026 · DOI

  • Third, although the scale development followed DeVellis’s (2012) recommended procedures, including expert reviews and factor analyses, the psychometric properties of the scale could be further validated through test-retest reliability or cross-validation with independent samples.

    Determining factors influencing middle school teachers in demonstrating test score inflation · 2026 · DOI

  • While extensive research has documented the disadvantages faced by left-behind children, only a few studies have considered the spillover effects on their peers, primarily focusing on rural left-behind children and overlooking urban left-behind children.

    Spillover effects of left-behind children on students’ cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes · 2025 · DOI

  • The study investigates the effects of implicit gender biases held by teachers.

    Gender stereotypes and children’s performance in primary schools · 2026 · DOI

  • Our results extend the extant research by focusing on the ways that student background knowledge influence results on standardized tests of mathematics, an understudied area of research.

    The Pernicious Predictability of State-Mandated Tests of Academic Achievement in the United States · 2024 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) There is a lack of research on the association between socioeconomic status and mathematical achievement in fragile and under-researched contexts such as Somaliland (“The influence of socioeconomic status on students’ mathematics achievement in…”, 2026); (2) There is a need to understand the impact of COVID-19 on teacher mobility (“Teacher mobility in North Carolina during COVID-19: An empirical analysis”, 2026); (3) Very little is known about learning loss and recovery across different sectors of the education system (“Indiana Charter School Performance During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic”, 2026); (4) There is a lack of evidence on the impacts of "grow-your-own" programs (“Localized Teacher Recruitment Through “Grow‐Your‐Own”: Impacts of the High…”, 2026); (5) There is a limited understanding of social class discrimination and its links to academic achievement among adolescents (“Class is in session: social class discrimination and academic outcomes among…”, 2026). 1,183 gap statements have been mined from School Choice and Performance papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 14,466 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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