Test scores and economic growth: update and extension

Gabriel Heller-Sahlgren and Henrik Jordahl

Applied Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 31, issue 11, 1024-1027

Abstract: Research indicates that education quality – measured by test scores in international student surveys – predicts economic growth. In this paper, we extend previous findings up to 2016 and analyse test scores of upper-secondary school students only. We find that the positive relationship between growth and test scores holds in both cases. The share of top-performing students exhibits a stronger correlation with economic growth than does the share of students who meet basic requirements.

Date: 2024
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