RT Generic
T1 Publicizing the results of standardized external tests : does it have an effect on school outcomes?
A1 Anghel, Brindusa
A1 Cabrales, Antonio
A1 Sainz, Jorge
A1 Sanz, Ismael
A2 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía, 
AB We study the effect of standardized external tests on students’ academic outcomes. We exploitthe fact that only one of the 17 Spanish regions started doing and publishing the results ofstandardized tests in 2005 to apply a difference-in-difference methodology, using outcomes ofthe PISA study from 2000 to 2009. We later confirm our results using synthetic controlmethods. Using data from a single country allows us to minimize biases arising fromdifferences in legal frameworks, social or cultural environments. Our econometric analysislends plausibility to the hypothesis that this type of test significantly improves studentoutcomes. A key novelty is that our exams do not have academic consequences for thestudents, so that effects have to come directly from the impact on teachers and administrators
SN 2340-5031
YR 2012
FD 2012-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10016/16114
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10016/16114
LA eng
NO We gratefully acknowledge the help of Javier Garcia Crespo and Guillermo Gil to obtain the data and thesupport from the Ministry of Science and Technology from grants ECO2012-31985 (Anghel)
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RD 30 abr. 2024