Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Rouse, Cecilia Elena; Hannaway, Jane; Goldhaber, Dan; Figlio, David
• 署名单位: Princeton University; National Bureau of Economic Research; American Institutes for Research; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Northwestern University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.5.2.251
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 251-281
• 关键词: no child left; student-achievement; PREVALENCE; education; threats

摘要

While numerous studies have found that school accountability boosts test scores, it is uncertain whether estimated test score gains reflect genuine improvements or merely gaming behaviors. This paper brings to bear new evidence from a unique five-year, three-round survey conducted of a census of public elementary schools in Florida that is linked with detailed administrative data on student performance. We show that schools facing accountability pressure changed their instructional practices in meaningful ways, and that these responses can explain a portion of the test score gains associated with the Florida school accountability system.