Martin R. West

Beyond the 30-Million-Word Gap: Children’s Conversational Exposure Is Associated With Language-Related Brain Function

Rachel Romeo, Julia Leonard, Sydney T. Robinson et al. · Psychological Science · 2018 · 794 citations

Education, Linguistics, Psychology +17

Class-size effects in school systems around the world: Evidence from between-grade variation in TIMSS

Ludger Wößmann, Martin R. West · European Economic Review · 2005 · 373 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Educational Measurement +16

Promise and Paradox

Martin R. West, Matthew A. Kraft, Amy S. Finn et al. · Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis · 2015 · 346 citations · Full text

Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Psychology +13

Language Exposure Relates to Structural Neural Connectivity in Childhood

Rachel Romeo, Joshua Segaran, Julia Leonard et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2018 · 278 citations · Full text

Education, Linguistics, Neuroscience +16

‘Every Catholic Child in a Catholic School’: Historical Resistance to State Schooling, Contemporary Private Competition and Student Achievement across Countries

Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann · The Economic Journal · 2010 · 223 citations · Full text

Public Affairs, Economics, Education Policy +13