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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
Papay, John P.; Murnane, Richard J.; Willett, John B. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
The growing prominence of high-stakes exit examinations has made questions about their effects on student outcomes increasingly important. We take advantage of a natural experiment to evaluate the causal effects of failing a high-stakes test on high school completion for the cohort scheduled to graduate from Massachusetts high schools in 2006.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Low Income, Exit Examinations, Grade 8
