TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond the threshold: The implications for pupil achievement of reforming school performance metrics
AU - Burgess, Simon M
AU - Thomson, Dave
PY - 2023/12/1
Y1 - 2023/12/1
N2 - We study the effects of a major change to the school accountability system in England. In 2015, the leading published school performance metric was switched from a threshold measure (essentially the fraction of students above a test score level) to an average score measure. Using 7 years of data on all secondary schools in England, we show that this intervention relatively reduced the test scores of students near the threshold, in favour of groups above the threshold (marginally) and below (substantially). We check the sensitivity of our results to different decisions, and present findings on heterogeneous treatments.
AB - We study the effects of a major change to the school accountability system in England. In 2015, the leading published school performance metric was switched from a threshold measure (essentially the fraction of students above a test score level) to an average score measure. Using 7 years of data on all secondary schools in England, we show that this intervention relatively reduced the test scores of students near the threshold, in favour of groups above the threshold (marginally) and below (substantially). We check the sensitivity of our results to different decisions, and present findings on heterogeneous treatments.
U2 - 10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102477
DO - 10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102477
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
SN - 0272-7757
VL - 97
JO - Economics of Education Review
JF - Economics of Education Review
ER -