Beyond the threshold: The implications for pupil achievement of reforming school performance metrics

IF 1.8 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics of Education Review Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102477

Simon Burgess , Dave Thomson

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Abstract

We study the effects of a major change to the school accountability system in England. In 2015, the leading published school performance metric was switched from a threshold measure (essentially the fraction of students above a test score level) to an average score measure. Using 7 years of data on all secondary schools in England, we show that this intervention relatively reduced the test scores of students near the threshold, in favour of groups above the threshold (marginally) and below (substantially). We check the sensitivity of our results to different decisions, and present findings on heterogeneous treatments.

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超越阈值:改革学校绩效指标对学生成就的影响

我们研究了英国学校问责制重大变革的影响。2015年，领先的已公布的学校成绩指标从阈值指标（基本上是高于考试成绩水平的学生比例）转变为平均成绩指标。使用7年来英格兰所有中学的数据，我们发现这种干预措施相对降低了接近门槛的学生的考试成绩，有利于高于门槛（轻微）和低于门槛（显著）的群体。我们检查了我们的结果对不同决策的敏感性，并提出了关于异质性治疗的发现。

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Economics of Education Review Multiple-

CiteScore

3.30

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4.50%

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审稿时长

61 days

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