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Objective Course Placement and College Readiness: Evidence from Targeted Middle School Math Acceleration / Shaun Dougherty, Joshua Goodman, Darryl Hill, Erica Litke, Lindsay C. Page.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dougherty, Shaun.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w21395.
- NBER working paper series no. w21395
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Objective Course Placement and College Readiness
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2015.
- Summary:
- Advanced math coursework can affect college and labor market outcomes, yet discretionary placement policies can lead to differential access at key points in the college preparatory pipeline. We examine a targeted approach to course assignment that uses prior test scores to identify middle school students deemed qualified for a college preparatory math sequence. Accelerated math placement of relatively low-skilled middle schoolers increases the fraction later enrolling in Precalculus by one-seventh, and by over one-third for female and non-low income students. Acceleration increases college readiness and intentions to pursue a bachelor's degree. Course placement rules based on objective measures can identify students capable of completing rigorous coursework but whom discretionary systems might overlook.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- July 2015.
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