The Effect of Access to College Assessments on Enrollment and Attainment

George Bulman ()

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, vol. 7, issue 4, 1-36

Abstract: This paper examines if students' college outcomes are sensitive to access to college admissions tests. I construct a dataset of every test center location and district policy in the United States linked to the universe of individual testing records and a large sample of college enrollment records. I find evidence that SAT taking is responsive to the opening or closing of a testing center at a student's own or a neighboring high school and to policies that provide free in-school administration and default registration. Newly induced takers of high academic aptitude appear likely to attend and graduate from college. (JEL H75, I23, I28)

JEL-codes: H75 I23 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
Note: DOI: 10.1257/app.20140062
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