Unscheduled school closings and student performance
DE Marcotte, SW Hemelt - Education Finance and Policy, 2008 - direct.mit.edu
Do students perform better on statewide assessments in years in which they have more
school days to prepare? We explore this question using data on math and reading
assessments taken by students in the third, fifth, and eighth grades since 1994 in Maryland.
Our identification strategy is rooted in the fact that tests are administered on the same day (s)
statewide in late winter or early spring, so any unscheduled closings due to snow reduce
instruction time and are not made up until after the exams are over. We estimate that in …
school days to prepare? We explore this question using data on math and reading
assessments taken by students in the third, fifth, and eighth grades since 1994 in Maryland.
Our identification strategy is rooted in the fact that tests are administered on the same day (s)
statewide in late winter or early spring, so any unscheduled closings due to snow reduce
instruction time and are not made up until after the exams are over. We estimate that in …
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