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- Title
Middle school or junior high? How grade-level configurations affect academic achievement.
- Authors
Dhuey, Elizabeth
- Abstract
Does the grade-level configuration of a school affect academic achievement? This research examines the effect of attending a middle/junior high school on academic outcomes in British Columbia, Canada, relative to attending a school from kindergarten through grade 8. Using an OLS strategy, I find that attending a middle/junior high school reduces grades 4 to 7 achievement gains in math and reading by 0.125-0.187 and 0.055-0.108, respectively. Similar-sized estimates are found for math using a 2SLS strategy. Finally, large negative effects on grade 10 and grade 12 English exams are also found.
- Subjects
BRITISH Columbia; ACADEMIC achievement; MIDDLE schools; ECONOMIC research; ENGLISH language education in middle schools; TENTH grade (Education); MATHEMATICS education
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Economics, 2013, Vol 46, Issue 2, p469
- ISSN
0008-4085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/caje.12020