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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | The impact of high school exit exams on graduation rates and achievement |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Series Name | UZH Business Working Paper Series |
| Number | 346 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Abstract Text | In this paper, we examine the long-term effects of high school exit exams (HSEEs) on graduation rates and achievement using an interrupted time series approach. We find that introducing a HSEE has an overall positive effect on graduation rate trends, an effect which is heterogeneous over time. In the year of introduction and the following three years we find a negative impact of HSEE on graduation rates; this negative impact is short-lived and becomes positive over the long term. We perform robustness checks using states that do not have HSEEs as control group. We also estimate a pre-intervention negative effect, suggesting that high schools start preparing for the HSEE before its actual introduction. We find no effects for achievement, possibly due to the lack of meaningful cross-state achievement data in the time period studied. |
| Official URL | https://ideas.repec.org/p/zrh/wpaper/346.html |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:10131 |
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