Learning from the Test: Raising Selective College Enrollment by Providing Information

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Goodman, Sarena
• 署名单位: Federal Reserve System - USA
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00600
• 发表日期: 2016-10
• 页码: 671-684
• 关键词: returns; students; expectations; education; QUALITY; matter

摘要

Between 2000 and 2010, five U.S. states adopted mandates requiring high school juniors to take a college entrance exam. In the two earliest-adopting states, nearly half of all students were induced into testing, and 40% to 45% of them earned scores high enough to qualify for selective colleges. Selective enrollment rose by 20% following implementation of the mandates, reflecting substitution away from noncompetitive schools. I conclude that a large number of high-ability students appear to dramatically underestimate their candidacy for selective colleges. Policies aimed at reducing this information shortage are likely to increase human capital investment for a substantial number of students.