2026 Thomas J. Kane: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	58	1612	1444	771	680	128	24308

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

Thomas J. Kane is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Social Sciences with a significant contribution to Engineering as well. Within these main fields, the work concentrates on several subfields including Education, Information Systems and Management, Demography, Control and Systems Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of educational and social issues. Key areas of study include:

School Choice and Performance
Parental Involvement in Education
Educational Assessment and Improvement
Early Childhood Education and Development
Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
Online Learning and Analytics
Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities

Among the recent publications by Thomas J. Kane are:

The Educational Consequences of Remote and Hybrid Instruction during the Pandemic, 2023, American Economic Review Insights
Curriculum Reform in The Common Core Era: Evaluating Elementary Math Textbooks Across Six U.S. States, 2020, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Is College Remediation a Barrier or a Boost? Evidence from the Tennessee SAILS Program, 2021, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
NILM dashboard: Actionable feedback for condition-based maintenance, 2020, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine
Have Income-Based Achievement Gaps Widened or Narrowed?, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

The most frequent publication venues for Kane's work include:

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
American Economic Review Insights
IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine
SSRN Electronic Journal

Thomas J. Kane commonly collaborates with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

Douglas O. Staiger
Tyler Patterson
Dan Goldhaber
Rachel Hitch
Dana Weisenfeld

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration. This distinction reflects their involvement in public policy and administration-related research activities.

Best Publications

Estimating Teacher Impacts on Student Achievement: An Experimental Evaluation

Thomas J. Kane;Douglas O. Staiger

2328
Citations
What does certification tell us about teacher effectiveness?: evidence from New York City

Thomas J. Kane;Jonah E. Rockoff;Douglas O. Staiger

2057
Citations
Labor Market Returns to Two- and Four-Year Colleges: Is a Credit a Credit and Do Degrees Matter?

Thomas J. Kane;Cecilia E. Rouse

1498
Citations
Labor-Market Returns to Two- and Four-Year College

Thomas J. Kane;Cecilia Elena Rouse

1023
Citations
College Entry by Blacks since 1970: The Role of College Costs, Family Background, and the Returns to Education

Thomas J. Kane

940
Citations
Gathering Feedback for Teaching: Combining High-Quality Observations with Student Surveys and Achievement Gains. Research Paper. MET Project.

Thomas J. Kane;Douglas O. Staiger

928
Citations
Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters And Pilots

Atila Abdulkadiroğlu;Joshua D. Angrist;Susan M. Dynarski;Thomas J. Kane

915
Citations
The Promise and Pitfalls of Using Imprecise School Accountability Measures

Thomas J. Kane;Douglas O. Staiger

774
Citations
The Community College: Educating Students at the Margin Between College and Work

Thomas J. Kane;Cecilia Elena Rouse

703
Citations
Rising Public College Tuition and College Entry: How Well Do Public Subsidies Promote Access to College?

Thomas J. Kane

700
Citations
Identifying Effective Classroom Practices Using Student Achievement Data.

Thomas J. Kane;Eric S. Taylor;John H. Tyler;Amy L. Wooten

643
Citations
Parental Preferences and School Competition: Evidence from a Public School Choice Program

Justine S. Hastings;Thomas J. Kane;Douglas O. Staiger

597
Citations
The Price of Admission: Rethinking How Americans Pay for College

Thomas J. Kane

580
Citations
8. Student Perceptions of College Opportunities: The Boston COACH Program

Christopher Avery;Thomas J. Kane;Bruce Sacerdote

555
Citations
A Quasi-Experimental Estimate of the Impact of Financial Aid on College-Going

Thomas J. Kane

546
Citations
Have We Identified Effective Teachers?: Validating Measures of Effective Teaching Using Random Assignment

Thomas J. Kane;Daniel F. McCaffrey;Trey Miller;Douglas Staiger

538
Citations
School Choice, School Quality and Postsecondary Attainment.

David James Deming;Justine S. Hastings;Thomas J. Kane;Douglas O. Staiger

515
Citations
Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher when You Recruit One

Jonah E. Rockoff;Brian A. Jacob;Thomas J. Kane;Douglas O. Staiger

460
Citations
School Quality, Neighborhoods, and Housing Prices

Thomas J. Kane;Stephanie K. Riegg;Douglas O. Staiger

425
Citations
Racial and Ethnic Preferences in College Admissions

Thomas J. Kane

414
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas O. Staiger Dartmouth College

Jonah E. Rockoff Columbia University

Cecilia Elena Rouse Princeton University

Martin R. West Harvard University

Brian A. Jacob University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Steven B. Leeb MIT

Daniel F. McCaffrey Educational Testing Service

Miriam L. Greenberg Wayne State University

Dan Goldhaber University of Washington

Robert C. Pianta University of Virginia

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