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This paper investigates the causal effect of high school curriculum on various student outcomes including academic … attitudes towards studying and learning. We exploit a curriculum reform in China, the implementation of which started in 2004 … new curriculum pivoted away from the old lock-step course structure where all students took the same courses and only …
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This paper investigates the causal effect of high school curriculum on various student outcomes including academic … attitudes towards studying and learning. We exploit a curriculum reform in China, the implementation of which started in 2004 … new curriculum pivoted away from the old lock-step course structure where all students took the same courses and only …
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In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...
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In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...
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- that compressed the academic-track high school curriculum into a (one year) shorter time span, thereby increasing time of … instruction and share of curriculum taught per grade. Using 2000-2012 PISA data and a quasi-experimental approach, I estimate the … impacts of this intensified curriculum on cognitive skills. I find robust evidence that the reform improved, on average, the …
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