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