Do Schools Matter for High Math Achievement? Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions

This paper uses data from the American Mathematics Competitions to examine the rates at which different high schools produce high-achieving math students. There are large differences in the frequency with which students from seemingly similar schools reach high achievement levels. The distribution o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ellison, Glenn David, Swanson, Ashley Terese
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Economic Association 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110279
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3164-0855