کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
354362 1434819 2015 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Accountability incentives and academic achievement: Distributional impacts of accountability when standards are set low
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
انگیزه پاسخگویی و پیشرفت تحصیلی: اثرات توزیعی پاسخگویی وقتی که استانداردهای مجموعه کم است
کلمات کلیدی
اقتصاد آموزشی؛ تخصیص منابع I21؛ I24؛ I28
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
چکیده انگلیسی


• I examine the effects of a compositional shift in a school’s testing population.
• I exploit a plausibly exogenous elimination of testing exemptions in Texas.
• Within-school, cross-cohort variation in exemptions identifies the effects.
• Test gains flowed to those with previous achievement near the proficiency standard.
• Low standards benefited low-scoring students and decreased black-white gaps.

This paper examines the effects of a compositional shift in a school’s testing population brought about by the elimination of special education testing exemptions. The policy change forced schools to add varying levels of generally low-achieving students to their testing pools, altering accountability incentives. I provide evidence that the elimination of exemptions caused significant test score increases for initially low-achieving students and narrowed the black-white test gap. I show that the measured effects were not caused by changes in classroom composition. Rather, benefits flowed to low-achieving students because Texas’ accountability standard was low relative to the skills of its students.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Economics of Education Review - Volume 44, February 2015, Pages 1–16
نویسندگان
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