• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Central exit exams improve student outcomes : external school leaving exams raise student achievement and improve how grades are understood in the labor market
  • Contributor: Woessmann, Ludger [Author]
  • Published: Bonn: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), January 2018
  • Published in: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit: IZA world of labor ; 2018,0004,19
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 10 Seiten); Illustrationen
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.15185/izawol.419
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  • Keywords: schools ; education ; exams ; accountability ; student achievement ; earnings ; Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
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  • Description: Reaching the policy goal of improving student achieve­ment by adding resources to the school system has often proven elusive. By contrast, ample evidence indicates that central exit exams constitute an important feature of a school system’s institutional framework, which can hold students, teachers, schools, and administrators accountable for student outcomes. While critics point to issues such as teaching test-only skills, which may leave students ill-prepared for the real world, the evidence does not bear this out. Overall, central exams are related to better student achievement, favorable labor market outcomes, and higher economic growth.
  • Access State: Open Access