Academic mobility in US public schools: Evidence from nearly 3 million students

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Austin, Wes; Figlio, David; Goldhaber, Dan; Hanushek, Eric A.; Kilbride, Tara; Koedel, Cory; Lee, Jaeseok Sean; Lou, Jin; Ozek, Umut; Parsons, Eric; Rivkin, Steven G.; Sass, Tim R.; Strunk, Katharine O.
• 署名单位: United States Environmental Protection Agency; University of Rochester; American Institutes for Research; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Stanford University; Michigan State University; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; RAND Corporation; Rand Health; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University of Pennsylvania
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.105016
• 发表日期: 2023

摘要

We use administrative panel data from seven states covering nearly 3 million students to document and explore variation in academic mobility, a term we use to describe the extent to which students' ranks in the distribution of academic performance change during their public schooling careers. We find that student ranks are highly persistent during elementary and secondary education-that is, academic mobility is limited in U.S. schools on the whole. Still, there is non-negligible variation in the degree of upward mobility across some student subgroups as well as individual school districts. On average, districts that exhibit the greatest up-ward academic mobility serve more socioeconomically advantaged populations and have higher value-added to student achievement.