Putting School Surveys to the Test. Policy Brief
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| Title: | Putting School Surveys to the Test. Policy Brief |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Joshua Angrist, Peter Hull, Russell Legate-Yang, Parag Pathak, Christopher Walters, Amanda Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Blueprint Labs |
| Source: | Blueprint Labs. 2025. |
| Availability: | Blueprint Labs. 30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. e-mail: contact@mitblueprintlabs.org; Web site: https://blueprintlabs.mit.edu/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | High Schools Secondary Education Higher Education Postsecondary Education Junior High Schools Middle Schools |
| Descriptors: | School Districts, School Surveys, Standardized Tests, Scores, School Effectiveness, Educational Environment, Learner Engagement, Institutional Characteristics, Outcomes of Education, High School Graduates, College Graduates, Educational Attainment, Academic Persistence, Middle Schools, Educational Policy, School Choice, Decision Making, Correlation |
| Geographic Terms: | New York (New York) |
| Abstract: | School districts have long used standardized test scores to measure and report on school quality, but surveys of school climate and student engagement have recently been used to predict long-term gains in students' educational attainment. A new working paper, "Putting School Surveys to the Test," explores the links between school effects on test scores, student survey responses, and longer-term student outcomes in NYCPS. The paper measures a school's causal effects on longer-term outcomes such as high school graduation and college enrollment. This brief provides a summary of that research, showing that both surveys and test scores predict some student outcomes. Surveys better predict high school graduation, whereas test scores tie more closely to college enrollment and persistence. Families interested in improving college attainment may learn more from a school's test score value-added than its surveys, though neither serves as a perfect guide. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Access URL: | https://blueprintlabs.mit.edu/research/putting-school-surveys-to-the-test/ |
| Accession Number: | ED674500 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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