Educating bright students in urban schools Academic Article

abstract

• Our study analyzes the impact of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a college-preparatory educational program designed for higher-achieving students, on high school academic achievement in Chicago Public Schools. We exploit exogenous variation in the offering of the program across schools over time with a difference-in-differences framework. We estimate a positive effect of the program on the probability of obtaining a B average or better in coursework, with most of the effect accruing to performance in mathematics. Most importantly, the program led to a decrease in the likelihood of high school dropout and an increase in the probability of high school graduation. 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

authors

• Cortes, Kalena

published proceedings

• ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Cortes, K. E., Moussa, W. S., & Weinstein, J. M.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Cortes, Kalena E||Moussa, Wael S||Weinstein, Jeffrey M

publication date

• January 2013

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Economics of Education Review  Journal

keywords

• Curriculum Reform
• Education Policy
• International Baccalaureate
• Student Achievement

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.07.002

start page

• 286

end page

• 297

volume

• 37

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.07.002