Claims

Within schools, higher-achieving students are more likely to take the ACT

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2007 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? Within schools, higher-achieving students are more likely to take the admissions test than lower-achieving peers. → Melissa Clark 2007

Evidence

Melissa Clark 2007

Melissa Clark, Jesse Rothstein, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. (2007). Selection Bias in College Admissions Test Scores. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, Education Research Section. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/selection-bias-in-college-admissions-test-scores

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Estimates based on the Illinois ACT graduation-requirement policy change show within-school selection: "higher-achieving students are more likely to take the test." No effect size is printed in the available text.

"within schools, higher-achieving students are more likely to take the test"

Discussion

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type claim
id positive-within-school-selection-act-participation
title Within schools, higher-achieving students are more likely to take the ACT
description Within schools, higher-achieving students are more likely to take the ACT
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 2007
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