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Publicizing the results of standardized external tests : does it have an effect on school outcomes?

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de EconomĂ­aes
dc.contributor.authorAnghel, Brindusa
dc.contributor.authorCabrales, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorSainz, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorSanz, Ismael
dc.contributor.editorUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de EconomĂ­a
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-11T13:27:45Z
dc.date.available2013-01-11T13:27:45Z
dc.date.issued2012-12
dc.description.abstractWe study the effect of standardized external tests on students’ academic outcomes. We exploit the fact that only one of the 17 Spanish regions started doing and publishing the results of standardized tests in 2005 to apply a difference-in-difference methodology, using outcomes of the PISA study from 2000 to 2009. We later confirm our results using synthetic control methods. Using data from a single country allows us to minimize biases arising from differences in legal frameworks, social or cultural environments. Our econometric analysis lends plausibility to the hypothesis that this type of test significantly improves student outcomes. A key novelty is that our exams do not have academic consequences for the students, so that effects have to come directly from the impact on teachers and administrators
dc.description.sponsorshipWe gratefully acknowledge the help of Javier Garcia Crespo and Guillermo Gil to obtain the data and the support from the Ministry of Science and Technology from grants ECO2012-31985 (Anghel)
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.issn2340-5031
dc.identifier.repecwe1234
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/16114
dc.identifier.uxxiDT/0000000821
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUC3M Working papers. Economics
dc.relation.ispartofseries12-34
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. ECO2012-31985
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subject.ecienciaEconomĂ­a
dc.subject.otherExternal and standardized tests
dc.subject.otherPISA
dc.subject.otherDifference-in-difference
dc.subject.otherSynthetic control methods
dc.titlePublicizing the results of standardized external tests : does it have an effect on school outcomes?
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