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Darrin DeChane; Takako Nomi; Michael Podgursky – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2024
Like most other states, Missouri uses assessments intended to measure whether students are on a pathway to "college and career readiness." The state longitudinal data system now has the capacity to directly test that claim. We make use of 8th-grade assessment (MAP) scores in Math, Science, and Communication Arts for roughly 260,000…
Descriptors: Grade 8, College Freshmen, Correlation, College Attendance
Darolia, Rajeev; Koedel, Cory; Main, Joyce B.; Ndashimye, Felix; Yan, Junpeng – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2018
We study the effects of access to high school math and science courses on postsecondary STEM enrollment and degree attainment using administrative microdata from Missouri. Our data panel includes over 140,000 students from 14 cohorts entering the 4-year public university system. The effects of high school course access are identified by exploiting…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, STEM Education, High School Students