| Do affirmative action bans lower minority college enrollment and attainment? Evidence from statewide bans B Backes Journal of Human Resources 47 (2), 435-455, 2012 | 153 | 2012 |
| The effect of banning affirmative action on college admissions policies and student quality K Antonovics, B Backes Journal of Human Resources 49 (2), 295-322, 2014 | 85 | 2014 |
| Is it worth it? Postsecondary education and labor market outcomes for the disadvantaged B Backes, HJ Holzer, ED Velez IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (1), 1-30, 2015 | 64 | 2015 |
| Is the pen mightier than the keyboard? The effect of online testing on measured student achievement B Backes, J Cowan Economics of Education Review 68, 89-103, 2019 | 62 | 2019 |
| Were minority students discouraged from applying to University of California campuses after the affirmative action ban? K Antonovics, B Backes Education Finance and Policy 8 (2), 208-250, 2013 | 51 | 2013 |
| The impact of Teach For America on non-test academic outcomes B Backes, M Hansen Education Finance and Policy 13 (2), 168-193, 2018 | 40* | 2018 |
| Can UTeach? Assessing the relative effectiveness of STEM teachers B Backes, D Goldhaber, W Cade, K Sullivan, M Dodson Economics of Education Review 64, 184-198, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| The common core conundrum: To what extent should we worry that changes to assessments will affect test-based measures of teacher performance? B Backes, J Cowan, D Goldhaber, C Koedel, LC Miller, Z Xu Economics of Education Review 62, 48-65, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| Examining spillover effects from Teach For America corps members in Miami-Dade County public schools B Backes, M Hansen, Z Xu, V Brady Journal of Teacher Education 70 (5), 453-471, 2019 | 34 | 2019 |
| Benefit or burden? On the intergenerational inequity of teacher pension plans B Backes, D Goldhaber, C Grout, C Koedel, S Ni, M Podgursky, PB Xiang, ... Educational Researcher 45 (6), 367-377, 2016 | 32 | 2016 |
| Teacher attrition and mobility during the Teach for America clustering strategy in Miami-Dade County Public Schools M Hansen, B Backes, V Brady Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 38 (3), 495-516, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |
| The effect of banning affirmative action on human capital accumulation prior to college entry K Antonovics, B Backes IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3, 1-20, 2014 | 29 | 2014 |
| Reaching further and learning more? Evaluating Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture initiative B Backes, M Hansen National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. January, 2018 | 17* | 2018 |
| Who transfers and where do they go B Backes, ED Velez Community college students in Florida, 2015 | 10 | 2015 |
| Ready for college? Examining the effectiveness of targeted interventions in high school Z Xu, B Backes, A Oliveira, D Goldhaber Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 44 (2), 183-209, 2022 | 7* | 2022 |
| Teachers and Students’ Postsecondary Outcomes: Testing the Predictive Power of Test and Nontest Teacher Quality Measures B Backes, J Cowan, D Goldhaber, R Theobald CALDER Working Paper, 2022 | 3 | 2022 |
| Teachers and school climate: Effects on student outcomes and academic disparities B Backes, J Cowan, D Goldhaber, R Theobald CALDER Working Paper 274-1022, 2022 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Impact of Transition Intervention in High School on Pathways Through College Z Xu, B Backes, D Goldhaber Community College Review, 00915521221145325, 2023 | | 2023 |
| School Climate and Student-Teacher Relationships: Effects on Academic Outcomes and Differences By Race B Backes, J Cowan, D Goldhaber, R Theobald 2022 APPAM Fall Research Conference, 2022 | | 2022 |
| Linkage between Fields of Concentration in High School Career-Technical Education and College Majors. Working Paper No. 269-0722. Z Xu, B Backes National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2022 | | 2022 |
