Publication: Publicizing the results of standardized external tests : does it have an effect on school outcomes?
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2012-12
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We 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
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External and standardized tests, PISA, Difference-in-difference, Synthetic control methods