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Direct linkPapay, John P.; Willett, John B.; Murnane, Richard J. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
We ask whether failing one or more of the state-mandated high-school exit examinations affects whether students graduate from high school. Using a new multi-dimensional regression-discontinuity approach, we examine simultaneously scores on mathematics and English language arts tests. Barely passing both examinations, as opposed to failing them,…
Descriptors: Test Use, Exit Examinations, Scoring, Probability
