Exposure to mid-year entrants has small negative short-run effects on stable students' math and ELA test scores in NYC¶
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q3 i? Mid-year entry of classmates produces small negative effects on both math and English language arts test scores of stable students in the short run. → Emilyn Ruble Whitesell 2016
Evidence¶
Emilyn Ruble Whitesell 2016¶
Emilyn Ruble Whitesell, Leanna Stiefel, Amy Ellen Schwartz. (2016). Unexpected Arrivals: The Spillover Effects of Mid-Year Entry on Stable Student Achievement in New York City. Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, vol. 38, no. 4. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/unexpected-arrivals-the-spillover-effects-of-mid-year-entry-on-stable-student-achievement-in-new doi:10.3102/0162373716661242
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The study uses a rigorous causal identification strategy with longitudinal data on NYC public school students in grades four through eight, and reports "small negative effects of mid-year entry on both math and English language arts test scores in the short run." No effect sizes are printed on this page.
"We find small negative effects of mid-year entry on both math and English language arts test scores in the short run."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Poor, minority, and low-achieving students are disproportionately exposed to mid-year entry — related
- Mid-year entry effects on stable students are not driven by mid-year entrants' characteristics — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Mid-year entry continues to negatively influence stable students' math performance beyond the year of exposure — related
- Research on spillovers of mid-year entry to stable classmates is scarce relative to research on mobile students themselves — related
- Negative effects of mid-year entry are somewhat larger for Asian students and students not qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Feeling unsafe in the classroom is consistently negatively related to middle school students' test scores — related
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Exposure to mid-year entrants has small negative short-run effects on stable students' math and ELA test scores in NYC |
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Exposure to mid-year entrants has small negative short-run effects on stable students' math and ELA test scores in NYC |
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2016 |
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