Learning from the Test: Raising Selective College Enrollment by Providing Information

by Federal Reserve Board

In the last decade, five U.S. states adopted mandates requiring high school juniors to take a college entrance exam. In the two earliest-adopting states, nearly half of all students were induced into testing, and 40-45% of them earned scores high enough to qualify for selective schools. Selective college enrollment rose by 20% following implementation of the mandates, with no effect on overall attendance. I conclude that a large number of high-ability...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503231208
• ISBN13: 9781503231207
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"