The Effect of School Entrance Age on Educational Outcomes

The Effect of School Entrance Age on Educational Outcomes
Author: Itay Attar
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Total Pages: 50
Release: 2017
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Using Israeli data, we estimate the effect of school entrance age (SEA) on student outcomes. Unlike much of the recent literature, our identification strategy strictly satisfies the monotonicity assumption required for interpreting our estimates as the local average treatment effect (LATE), and also separates the effect of SEA from date of birth effects. We find that delaying school entry by one year increases fifth grade test scores in Hebrew by 0.34 standard deviations and in math by 0.19. Interestingly, while the advantage in Hebrew slightly decreases in eighth grade, in math it almost doubles. We also show that by failing to control for date of birth fixed effects we would have erroneously concluded that the SEA effect on math test scores decreases slightly from fifth grade to eight grade while it actually substantially increases.

First in the Class?

First in the Class?
Author: Elizabeth U. Cascio
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Total Pages: 68
Release: 2007
Genre: Academic achievement
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We estimate the effects of having more mature peers using data from an experiment where children of the same age were randomly assigned to different kindergarten classrooms. Exploiting this experimental variation in conjunction with variation in expected kindergarten entry age to account for negative selection of older school entrants, we find that exposure to more mature kindergarten classmates raises test scores up to eight years after kindergarten, and may reduce the incidence of grade retention and increase the probability of taking a college-entry exam. These findings are consistent with broader peer effects literature documenting positive spillovers from having higher-scoring peers and suggest that - contrary to much academic and popular discussion of school entry age - being old relative to one's peers is not beneficial.

Evaluating the Relative Age Effect on Math and Reading Achievement

Evaluating the Relative Age Effect on Math and Reading Achievement
Author: Julie F. Summey
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Total Pages: 296
Release: 2015
Genre: Age and academic achievement
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In light of the current interest in and need for determining when a child is developmentally ready for kindergarten, the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the chronological age differences of Greenville County public school students in the same grade level on math and reading achievement. Student achievement was measured by spring 2013 Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) scores in second, fourth, sixth, and eighth grades and spring 2013 High School Assessment Program (HSAP) scores in tenth grade. The study also sought to determine whether a significant interaction existed between chronological age and gender, race, Individualized Education (IEP) status, and socioeconomic status (SES) as well as whether age, gender, race, IEP status, and SES where significant predictors of tenth grade HSAP math and reading scores. - Problem statement.

Atlanta Magazine

Atlanta Magazine
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Total Pages: 212
Release: 2006-01
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Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region. Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region.