School Enrollment, Selection and Test Scores

There is a strong association between schooling attained and test scores in many settings. If this association is causal, one might expect that programs that increase school enrollment and attainment would also improve test scores. However, if ther...

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Main Authors: Filmer, Deon, Schady, Norbert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-41902021-04-23T14:02:16Z School Enrollment, Selection and Test Scores Filmer, Deon Schady, Norbert ABLE STUDENTS ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS ADULTS ASSESSMENT EXERCISE ATTENDANCE RATES AVERAGE TEST SCORE AVERAGE TEST SCORES BETTER LEARNING CALL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS COGNITIVE SKILLS COSTS OF EDUCATION CROWDED CLASSROOMS DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DROP-OUTS DROPOUT RATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENROLLMENT DATA ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT RATES ETHNIC MINORITY EXAMINATION FEES EXPENDITURES EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FEE WAIVERS FUTURE RESEARCH GIRLS INTO SCHOOL GRADE ENROLLMENT GRADE TEST HEAD-TEACHERS HIGH DROPOUT HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER TEST SCORES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING IMPACTS LEARNING OUTCOMES LITERATURE LOWER SECONDARY LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS MATH TEST MATHEMATICS SKILLS MENTAL HEALTH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS OPEN SCHOOL PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS QUALITY SCHOOLS QUALITY TEACHERS RADIO READING REGISTRATION FEES REGULAR ATTENDANCE RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL BREAKFAST SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MATERIALS SCHOOL MEALS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOL VISIT SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOL VOUCHERS SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL CYCLE SECONDARY SCHOOLS SKILLS ACQUISITION SMALL SCHOOLS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO TEACHER TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER QUALITY TEACHERS TEACHING TESTS OF MATHEMATICS TEXTBOOKS TUTORS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSITY COLLEGE UPPER SECONDARY UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLING VOUCHERS YOUTH There is a strong association between schooling attained and test scores in many settings. If this association is causal, one might expect that programs that increase school enrollment and attainment would also improve test scores. However, if there is self-selection into school based on expected gains, marginal children brought into school by such programs may be drawn disproportionately from the left-hand side of the ability distribution, which could limit the extent to which additional schooling translates into more learning. To test this proposition, this paper uses data from Cambodia. The results show that a program that provides scholarships to poor students had a large effect on school enrollment and attendance, which increased by approximately 25 percentage points. However, there is no evidence that, 18 months after the scholarships were awarded, recipient children did any better on mathematics and vocabulary tests than they would have in the absence of the program. The paper discusses results that suggest that the self-selection of lower-ability students into school in response to the program is an important part of the explanation. The analysis also shows minimal program effects on other outcomes, including knowledge of health practices, expectations about the future, and adolescent mental health. 2012-03-19T19:11:33Z 2012-03-19T19:11:33Z 2009-07-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090717130545 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4190 English Impact Evaluation series ; no. IE 34 Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4998 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific Southeast Asia Asia Cambodia
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topic ABLE STUDENTS
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENTS
ADULTS
ASSESSMENT EXERCISE
ATTENDANCE RATES
AVERAGE TEST SCORE
AVERAGE TEST SCORES
BETTER LEARNING
CALL
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
COGNITIVE SKILLS
COSTS OF EDUCATION
CROWDED CLASSROOMS
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
DROP-OUTS
DROPOUT RATE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION ECONOMICS
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EDUCATION LEVELS
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ENROLLMENT DATA
ENROLLMENT LEVELS
ENROLLMENT RATES
ETHNIC MINORITY
EXAMINATION FEES
EXPENDITURES
EXPERIENCED TEACHERS
FEE WAIVERS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
GRADE ENROLLMENT
GRADE TEST
HEAD-TEACHERS
HIGH DROPOUT
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER TEST SCORES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING IMPACTS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LITERATURE
LOWER SECONDARY
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS
MATH TEST
MATHEMATICS SKILLS
MENTAL HEALTH
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
OPEN SCHOOL
PAPERS
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS
QUALITY SCHOOLS
QUALITY TEACHERS
RADIO
READING
REGISTRATION FEES
REGULAR ATTENDANCE
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL BREAKFAST
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
SCHOOL DROPOUT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL FEEDING
SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL MATERIALS
SCHOOL MEALS
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL UNIFORMS
SCHOOL VISIT
SCHOOL VISITS
SCHOOL VOUCHERS
SCHOOL YEARS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL CYCLE
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SKILLS ACQUISITION
SMALL SCHOOLS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
TEACHER
TEACHER INCENTIVES
TEACHER QUALITY
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TESTS OF MATHEMATICS
TEXTBOOKS
TUTORS
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
UPPER SECONDARY
UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION
UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLING
VOUCHERS
YOUTH
spellingShingle ABLE STUDENTS
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENTS
ADULTS
ASSESSMENT EXERCISE
ATTENDANCE RATES
AVERAGE TEST SCORE
AVERAGE TEST SCORES
BETTER LEARNING
CALL
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
COGNITIVE SKILLS
COSTS OF EDUCATION
CROWDED CLASSROOMS
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
DROP-OUTS
DROPOUT RATE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION ECONOMICS
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EDUCATION LEVELS
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ENROLLMENT DATA
ENROLLMENT LEVELS
ENROLLMENT RATES
ETHNIC MINORITY
EXAMINATION FEES
EXPENDITURES
EXPERIENCED TEACHERS
FEE WAIVERS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
GRADE ENROLLMENT
GRADE TEST
HEAD-TEACHERS
HIGH DROPOUT
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER TEST SCORES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING IMPACTS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LITERATURE
LOWER SECONDARY
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS
MATH TEST
MATHEMATICS SKILLS
MENTAL HEALTH
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
OPEN SCHOOL
PAPERS
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS
QUALITY SCHOOLS
QUALITY TEACHERS
RADIO
READING
REGISTRATION FEES
REGULAR ATTENDANCE
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL BREAKFAST
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
SCHOOL DROPOUT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL FEEDING
SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL MATERIALS
SCHOOL MEALS
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL UNIFORMS
SCHOOL VISIT
SCHOOL VISITS
SCHOOL VOUCHERS
SCHOOL YEARS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL CYCLE
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SKILLS ACQUISITION
SMALL SCHOOLS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
TEACHER
TEACHER INCENTIVES
TEACHER QUALITY
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TESTS OF MATHEMATICS
TEXTBOOKS
TUTORS
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
UPPER SECONDARY
UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION
UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLING
VOUCHERS
YOUTH
Filmer, Deon
Schady, Norbert
School Enrollment, Selection and Test Scores
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
East Asia and Pacific
Southeast Asia
Asia
Cambodia
relation Impact Evaluation series ; no. IE 34 Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4998
description There is a strong association between schooling attained and test scores in many settings. If this association is causal, one might expect that programs that increase school enrollment and attainment would also improve test scores. However, if there is self-selection into school based on expected gains, marginal children brought into school by such programs may be drawn disproportionately from the left-hand side of the ability distribution, which could limit the extent to which additional schooling translates into more learning. To test this proposition, this paper uses data from Cambodia. The results show that a program that provides scholarships to poor students had a large effect on school enrollment and attendance, which increased by approximately 25 percentage points. However, there is no evidence that, 18 months after the scholarships were awarded, recipient children did any better on mathematics and vocabulary tests than they would have in the absence of the program. The paper discusses results that suggest that the self-selection of lower-ability students into school in response to the program is an important part of the explanation. The analysis also shows minimal program effects on other outcomes, including knowledge of health practices, expectations about the future, and adolescent mental health.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Filmer, Deon
Schady, Norbert
author_facet Filmer, Deon
Schady, Norbert
author_sort Filmer, Deon
title School Enrollment, Selection and Test Scores
title_short School Enrollment, Selection and Test Scores
title_full School Enrollment, Selection and Test Scores
title_fullStr School Enrollment, Selection and Test Scores
title_full_unstemmed School Enrollment, Selection and Test Scores
title_sort school enrollment, selection and test scores
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090717130545
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4190
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