Entry through the narrow door: The costs of just failing high stakes exams
Entry through the narrow door: The costs of just failing high stakes exams
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104224
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发表时间：
2020-10-01
影响因子：
9.8
通讯作者：
Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer
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作者：
Machin, Stephen;McNally, Sandra;Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer
在许多国家，考试的重要门槛是获得更高教育水平和（或）改善就业前景的一个途径。本文探讨了英格兰义务教育结束时举行的一场特别重要的高风险全国考试不及格的后果。它使用独特的管理数据，包括初始和重新评分的考试分数的完整信息，以显示相同能力的学生有显着不同的教育轨迹，这取决于他们是否只是通过或不通过这次考试。三年后，未能达到所需门槛的学生进入高中的概率较低，在高等教育阶段，学生可以进入学术或职业轨道并开始接受高等教育。那些没有通过门槛的人也更有可能在18岁之前辍学，没有某种形式的就业。在这场高风险的考试中，通过或未通过门槛的适度高影响对受影响的人具有很高的潜在长期后果。(C)2020作者（S）由爱思唯尔公司出版
In many countries, important thresholds in examinations act as a gateway to higher levels of education and/or improved employment prospects. This paper examines the consequences of just failing a particularly important high stakes national examination taken at the end of compulsory schooling in England. It uses unique administrative data, including full information on both initial and regraded exam marks, to show that students of the same ability have significantly different educational trajectories depending on whether they just pass or fail this exam. Three years later, students who just fail to achieve the required threshold have a lower probability of entering an upper-secondary high-level academic or vocational track and of starting tertiary education. Those who fail to pass the threshold are also more likely to drop out of education by age 18, without some form of employment. The moderately high effects of just passing or failing to pass the threshold in this high-stakes exam has high potential long-term consequences for those affected. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.