Plausibly Exogenous [1394] - Remedial Education (11/25/2023)
LHS Variable
Academic achievement
RHS Variable
Remedial education programs
Source of Exogenous Variation
In 1996, the Chicago Public Schools instituted an accountability policy that tied summer school and promotional decisions to performance on standardized tests, which resulted in a highly nonlinear relationship between current achievement and the probability of attending summer school or being retained.
- Jacbo and Lefgren (2004), “Remedial education and student achievement: A regression-discontinuity analysis”