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Does Public Information about School Quality Lead to Flight from Low-Achieving Schools?

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  • Friesen, Jane

    (Simon Fraser University)

  • Javdani, Mohsen

    (Simon Fraser University)

  • Woodcock, Simon D.

    (Simon Fraser University)

Abstract

We estimate the effect of publicly disseminated information about school-level achievement on students' mobility between elementary schools. We find that students are more likely to leave their school when poor school-level performance is revealed. In general, parents respond to information soon after it becomes available. Once the information is absorbed, they do not respond to subsequent releases, even when it is reframed and given widespread media attention. Parents in low-income neighborhoods and those who speak a non-English language at home respond most strongly. However, non-English speaking parents only respond when information is widely disseminated and discussed in the media.

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  • Friesen, Jane & Javdani, Mohsen & Woodcock, Simon D., 2009. "Does Public Information about School Quality Lead to Flight from Low-Achieving Schools?," IZA Discussion Papers 4632, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    1. Friesen, Jane & Harris, Benjamin Cerf & Woodcock, Simon, 2013. "Open Enrolment and Student Achievement," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2013-46, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 22 Mar 2014.
    2. Zhai, Fuhua & Raver, C. Cybele & Jones, Stephanie M., 2012. "Academic performance of subsequent schools and impacts of early interventions: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Head Start settings," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 34(5), pages 946-954.

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    school choice; information;

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    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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