TY - JOUR
T1 - Local Violence, Academic Performance, and School Accountability
AU - Casey, Marcus
AU - Schiman, Jeffrey C.
AU - Wachala, Maciej
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Standardized test scores and value-added measures largely determine "grades" assigned to teachers and schools. Poor evaluations have severe implications: in some cases, entire schools may be closed or replaced by a charter. Although evaluation depends on within-school factors, random shocks external to the school environment may affect measured test performance and evaluations. In this article, we study a salient shock: violent crime. Our results suggest exposure to an additional violent event is associated with decreased test performance. These performance declines are consequential as the schools impacted by within-testing period violent crime are also less likely to meet accountability standards.
AB - Standardized test scores and value-added measures largely determine "grades" assigned to teachers and schools. Poor evaluations have severe implications: in some cases, entire schools may be closed or replaced by a charter. Although evaluation depends on within-school factors, random shocks external to the school environment may affect measured test performance and evaluations. In this article, we study a salient shock: violent crime. Our results suggest exposure to an additional violent event is associated with decreased test performance. These performance declines are consequential as the schools impacted by within-testing period violent crime are also less likely to meet accountability standards.
KW - Academic performance
KW - Local violence
KW - School accountability
UR - https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/economics-facpubs/71
UR - https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20181109
U2 - 10.1257/pandp.20181109
DO - 10.1257/pandp.20181109
M3 - Article
VL - 108
JO - Proceedings of the American Economic Association Annual Meeting
JF - Proceedings of the American Economic Association Annual Meeting
ER -
