TY - JOUR
T1 - Test Preparation and Students' Performance
T2 - The case of the Colombian high school exit exam
AU - Soler, Silvia C.Gómez
AU - Nisperuza, Gloria L.Bernal
AU - Idárraga, Paula Herrera
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Standardized test scores play a central role in determining college admission decisions in both developed and emerging countries. For that reason, many courses are offered by schools and other educational institutions to prepare students for the exams. However, it is still unclear whether additional preparation has a positive and significant effect. The objective of this paper is to use the results of the Colombian high-school exit examination to gain a better understanding of the relationship between preparation and test results. Our results show that, on average, preparatory activities are associated with an increase of approximately 0.06 standard deviations in scores.
AB - Standardized test scores play a central role in determining college admission decisions in both developed and emerging countries. For that reason, many courses are offered by schools and other educational institutions to prepare students for the exams. However, it is still unclear whether additional preparation has a positive and significant effect. The objective of this paper is to use the results of the Colombian high-school exit examination to gain a better understanding of the relationship between preparation and test results. Our results show that, on average, preparatory activities are associated with an increase of approximately 0.06 standard deviations in scores.
KW - Economics of education
KW - Exit exams
KW - Shadow education
KW - Test preparation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077891979&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.15446/cuad.econ.v39n79.77106
DO - 10.15446/cuad.econ.v39n79.77106
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077891979
SN - 0121-4772
VL - 39
SP - 31
EP - 72
JO - Cuadernos de Economia (Colombia)
JF - Cuadernos de Economia (Colombia)
IS - 79
ER -