ERIC Number: EJ1167927
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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The Impact of High School Exit Exams on Graduation Rates and Achievement
Caves, Katherine; Balestra, Simone
Journal of Educational Research, v111 n2 p186-200 2018
The authors examined the short- and long-term effects of high school exit exams (HSEEs) on graduation rates and achievement using an interrupted time series approach. There is a positive overall effect of HSEE introduction for graduation rate trends, which is heterogeneous over time. HSEEs have a negative impact on graduation rates in the year of introduction and briefly after, which is short lived and becomes positive (but not statistically significant) over the long term. There is also a preintervention negative effect, suggesting that high schools prepare for the HSEE before introduction. There are no effects for achievement, possibly due to the lack of meaningful cross-state achievement data. The findings are robust to the inclusion of states that do not have HSEEs as a control group and also robust to controlling for No Child Left Behind introduction.
Descriptors: High School Students, Exit Examinations, Academic Achievement, Graduation Rate, Educational Trends, Intervention, Correlation, Control Groups, Trend Analysis, National Competency Tests, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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