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Direct linkMcEachin, Andrew; Domina, Thurston; Penner, Andrew – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020
How should schools assign students to more rigorous math courses so as best to help their academic outcomes? We identify several hundred California middle schools that used 7th-grade test scores to place students into 8th-grade algebra courses and use a regression discontinuity design to estimate average impacts and heterogeneity across schools.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Mathematics, Mathematics Tests, Scores
Download full textPenner, Andrew M.; Domina, Thurston; Penner, Emily K.; Conley, AnneMarie – Grantee Submission, 2014
Current educational policies in the United States attempt to boost student achievement and promote equality by intensifying the curriculum and exposing students to more advanced coursework. This paper investigates the relationship between one such effort -- California's push to enroll all 8th grade students in Algebra -- and the distribution of…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8, Mathematics Achievement
