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The Unintended Consequences of Test-Based Remediation

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  • David Figlio
  • Umut Ozek

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School systems around the world use achievement tests to assign students to schools, classes, and instructional resources, including remediation. Using a regression discontinuity design, we study a Florida policy that places middle school students who score below a proficiency cutoff into remedial classes. Students scoring below the cutoff receive more educational resources, but they are also placed in classes that are more segregated by race, socioeconomic status, and prior achievement. Increased tracking occurs not only in the remedial subject, but in other core subjects. These tracking effects are significantly larger and more likely to persist beyond the year of remediation for Black students.

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  • David Figlio & Umut Ozek, 2024. "The Unintended Consequences of Test-Based Remediation," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 16(1), pages 60-89, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejapp:v:16:y:2024:i:1:p:60-89
    DOI: 10.1257/app.20210037
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    JEL classification:

    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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