Resitting or compensating a failed examination: does it affect subsequent results?
Resitting or compensating a failed examination: does it affect subsequent results?
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重考或补考不及格：会影响后续成绩吗？
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2017
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I. Arnold
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摘要高等教育机构通常采用联合标准制定策略，要求学生补考，直到通过所有考试。另一种策略允许学生用其他考试结果来弥补不及格的分数。本文采用非连续性回归设计，比较了第一年重新安置和补偿对第二年学习成绩的影响。我们选择的学生在第一年的入门课程的知识水平相似，并估计治疗效果的补考的结果为第二年的中级课程在同一主题。我们发现，治疗效果是积极的，但不显着不同的零。其他结果表明，学生的整体第二年的表现是不显着相关的补偿失败的成绩在他们的第一年的数量。学生完成第一年所需的尝试次数对第二年的表现没有显著的积极影响。我们的结论是，在最好的情况下，resits对学习的积极影响的证据是微弱的。
Abstract Institutions of higher education commonly employ a conjunctive standard setting strategy, which requires students to resit failed examinations until they pass all tests. An alternative strategy allows students to compensate a failing grade with other test results. This paper uses regression discontinuity design to compare the effect of first-year resits and compensations on second-year study results. We select students with a similar level of knowledge in a first-year introductory course and estimate the treatment effect of a resit on the result for a second-year intermediate course in the same subject. We find that the treatment effect is positive, but insignificantly different from zero. Additional results show that students’ overall second-year performance is insignificantly related to the number of compensated failing grades in their first year. The number of attempts that students need to complete their first year does not have a significant positive effect on second-year performance. We conclude that the evidence for a positive effect of resits on learning is weak at best.