Effects of year-round schooling on disadvantaged students and the distribution of standardized test performance |
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Authors: | Jennifer Graves |
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Institution: | Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma, 729 Elm Avenue, Room 329, Hester Hall, Norman, OK 73019, United States |
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Abstract: | Using detailed longitudinal data for the state of California, this paper estimates the effect of year-round school calendars on nationally standardized test performance of traditionally disadvantaged students. The student subgroups studied in this paper are: low socioeconomic status, limited English proficiency, Hispanic and Latino, and African American students. I find significant negative effects of multi-track year-round calendars on academic achievement for all subgroups examined, with only the limited English proficiency student subgroup producing unreliable estimates. Negative and significant results for another type of year-round calendar, single-track, are also found for the full sample of students and low socioeconomic status students. |
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Keywords: | JEL classification: H4 I2 |
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