N.M. Ruijs
Nienke Ruijs is a senior researcher/project leader at Education Lab. In her research, she focusses on education policy and student outcomes. In Education Lab, she conducts and supervises projects in which we develop and evaluate interventions to mitigate the quantitative and qualitative teacher shortages in the Netherlands. Nienke particularly enjoys working together with schools and policy makers to design interventions that work for teachers and schools.
Before working at ROA, Nienke worked as a (senior) researcher at the Dutch Education Inspectorate. Prior to that, she has been working and studying at several education related departments at the University of Amsterdam: she worked as a postdoc at education sciences, obtained her PhD at the faculty of economics and business. She also obtained her master degree in developmental psychology and a research master degree in educational sciences there.
Together with colleagues at the Dutch Education Inspectorate and the VU, Nienke is also running several projects about students with Special Educational Needs. In one of these projects, she studies the impact of special education on students with SEN using a budget cut in several regions in the Netherlands. Nienke has published papers in journals such as Economics of Education Review and Education Finance and Policy.
Key publications
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de Croes, L., Cornelisz, I., van Klaveren, C., & Ruijs, N. (2025). The Effects of Students with Special Needs on Their Peers' Cognitive Outcomes: Results from Student-Level Population Data in the Netherlands. Education Finance and Policy, 20(1), 56-84. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00422More information about this publication
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de Ree, J., Maggioni, M. A., Paulle, B., Rossignoli, D., Ruijs, N., & Walentek, D. (2023). Closing the income-achievement gap? Experimental evidence from high-dosage tutoring in Dutch primary education. Economics of Education Review, 94, Article 102383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102383More information about this publication
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Oosterbeek, H., Ruijs, N., & de Wolf, I. (2023). Heterogeneous effects of comprehensive vs. single-track academic schools: Evidence from admission lotteries. Economics of Education Review, 93, Article 102363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102363More information about this publication
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Ruijs, N. (2024). Vierdaagse schoolweek? Liever niet!. Web publication/site, Didactiefonline. https://didactiefonline.nl/blog/vriend-en-vijand/vierdaagse-schoolweek-liever-nietMore information about this publication
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Ruijs, N., Bles, P., Bransen, D., Camphuijsen, M., Cörvers, F., de Vries, P., Ehren, M., Griep, M., van Klaveren, C., Rongen, T., Stolp, T., & de Wolf, I. (2024). Kansrijke interventies om leraren aan te trekken en te behouden. Education Lab. ROA External Reports https://education-lab.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Literatuurstudie-Kansrijke-interventies-om-leraren-aan-te-trekken-en-te-behouden_september-2024-1.pdfMore information about this publication