Test Preparation and Students’ Performance: The Case of the Colombian High School Exit Exam

Autor:	Silvia Consuelo Gómez Soler, Gloria Lucia Bernal Nisperuza, Paula Herrera Idárraga
Jazyk:	English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	exit exams economics of education test preparation shadow education Social Sciences Economic history and conditions HC10-1085
Zdroj:	Cuadernos de Economía, Vol 39, Iss 79 (2020)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0121-4772 2248-4337
DOI:	10.15446/cuad.econ.v39n79.77106
Popis:	Standardized test scores play a central role in determining college admission decisions in both developed and emerging countries. For that reason, many courses are offered by schools and other educational institutions to prepare students for the exams. However, it is still unclear whether additional preparation has a positive and significant effect. The objective of this paper is to use the results of the Colombian high-school exit examination to gain a better understanding of the relationship between preparation and test results. Our results show that, on average, preparatory activities are associated with an increase of approximately 0.06 standard deviations in scores.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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