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Parental responses to children's achievement test results
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Ho, Tiffany; Salamanca, Nicolás - 2021
We use quasi-experimental variation in the timing of national standardized test-score reports to estimate the causal impact of giving parents objective information about children's academic achievement. Releasing test scores leads to more modest perceptions of academic achievement and reduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607306
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Parental Responses to Children's Achievement Test Results
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Ho, Tiffany; Salamanca, Nicolas - 2022
We use quasi-experimental variation in the timing of national standardized test-score reports to estimate the causal impact of giving parents objective information about children's academic achievement. Releasing test scores leads to more modest perceptions of academic achievement and reduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014087546
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Parental Responses to Children's Achievement Test Results
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Ho, Tiffany; Salamanca, Nicolas - 2021
We use quasi-experimental variation in the timing of national standardized test-score reports to estimate the causal impact of giving parents objective information about children’s academic achievement. Releasing test scores leads to more modest perceptions of academic achievement and reduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214712
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Parental Responses to Children’s Achievement Test Results
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Ho, Tiffany; Salamanca, Nicolas - 2021
We use quasi-experimental variation in the timing of national standardized test-score reports to estimate the causal impact of giving parents objective information about children’s academic achievement. Releasing test scores leads to more modest perceptions of academic achievement and reduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214963
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Parental Responses to Children's Achievement Test Results
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Ho, Tiffany; Salamanca, Nicolás - 2021
We use quasi-experimental variation in the timing of national standardized test-score reports to estimate the causal impact of giving parents objective information about children's academic achievement. Releasing test scores leads to more modest perceptions of academic achievement and reduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658242
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Is there an educational penalty for being suspended from school?
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; New, Sonja C. de; Le, Trinh; … - In: Education economics 23 (2015) 4, pp. 376-395
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412299
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Is there an educational penalty for being suspended from school?
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; New, Sonja C. de; Le, Trinh; … - 2013
Suspension from school is a commonly-used, yet controversial, school disciplinary measure. This paper uses unique survey data to estimate the impact of suspension on the educational outcomes of those suspended. It finds that while suspension is strongly associated with educational outcomes, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224597
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Migrant Youths' Educational Achievement: The Role of Institutions
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Sinning, Mathias; Stillman, Steven - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2011
We use 2009 Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) data to link institutional arrangements in OECD countries to the disparity in reading, math, and science test scores for migrant and native-born students. We find that achievement gaps are larger for those migrant youths who arrive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701725
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Immigration background and the intergenerational correlation in education
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Nguyen, Trong-Ha - 2010
Australia. We find that young Australians from non-English-speaking background (NESB) immigrant families have an educational …, intergenerational mobility in families with two highly-educated parents appears to be much the same for Australian-born and ESB families … and is somewhat greater for NESB families. Finally, the greater importance that NESB mothers attribute to education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271389
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Immigration background and the intergenerational correlation in education
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trong Ha Nguyen - 2010
Australia. We find that young Australians from non-English-speaking background (NESB) immigrant families have an educational …, intergenerational mobility in families with two highly-educated parents appears to be much the same for Australian-born and ESB families … and is somewhat greater for NESB families. Finally, the greater importance that NESB mothers attribute to education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975187