A Bridge to Graduation. Post-Secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams.

Autor/inn/en	Lincove, Jane Arnold; Mata, Catherine; Cortes, Kalena E.
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	A Bridge to Graduation. Post-Secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research (2022) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w29742
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w29742
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Schulpolitik; Weiterführende Schule; Bildungsabschluss; Erwerbsverlauf; Arbeitspapier; Absolvent; USA
Abstract	High school exit exams are meant to standardize the quality of public high schools and to ensure that students graduate with a set of basic skills and knowledge. Evidence suggests that a common perverse effect of exit exams is an increase in dropout for students who have difficulty passing tests, with a larger effect on minority students. To mitigate this, some states offer alternative, non-tested pathways to graduation for students who have failed their exit exams. This study investigates the post-secondary effects of an alternative high school graduation program. Among students who initially fail an exit exam, those who eventually graduate through an alternative project-based pathway have lower college enrollment, but similar employment outcomes to students who graduate by retaking and passing their exit exams. Compared to similar students who fail to complete high school, those students who take the alternative pathway have better post-secondary outcomes in both education and employment.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2022/3