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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| author | Ellison, Glenn David Swanson, Ashley Terese |
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| description | 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 of unexplained school effects includes a thick tail of schools that produce many more high-achieving students than is typical. Several additional analyses suggest that the differences are not primarily due to unobserved differences in student characteristics. The differences are persistent across time, suggesting that differences in the effectiveness of educational programs are not primarily due to direct peer effects. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1102792022-10-02T03:58:46Z Do Schools Matter for High Math Achievement? Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions Ellison, Glenn David Swanson, Ashley Terese Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Ellison, Glenn David Swanson, Ashley Terese 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 of unexplained school effects includes a thick tail of schools that produce many more high-achieving students than is typical. Several additional analyses suggest that the differences are not primarily due to unobserved differences in student characteristics. The differences are persistent across time, suggesting that differences in the effectiveness of educational programs are not primarily due to direct peer effects. 2017-06-26T20:25:52Z 2017-06-26T20:25:52Z 2016-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0002-8282 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110279 Ellison, Glenn, and Ashley Swanson. “Do Schools Matter for High Math Achievement? Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions†.” American Economic Review 106, no. 6 (June 2016): 1244–1277. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3164-0855 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20140308 American Economic Review Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Economic Association American Economic Association |
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| title | Do Schools Matter for High Math Achievement? Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions |
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| title_short | Do Schools Matter for High Math Achievement? Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions |
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