The distributional effects of the multi-track year-round calendar: a quantile regression approach

Steven McMullen, Katy Rouse and Justin Haan

Applied Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 22, issue 15, 1188-1192

Abstract: Year-round school (YRS) calendars that redistribute the 180 school days more evenly across the calendar year are growing in popularity. Learning loss theory predicts student response to year-round calendars could vary substantially across achievement levels. Existing research on the heterogeneous effects of YRS focuses on estimating mean treatment effects by subgroup. We instead use a quantile regression approach with school and grade-by-year fixed effects to estimate the distributional impact of year-round calendars using a natural experiment setting in Wake County, NC. Contrary to the prior literature, we find evidence of a positive impact of year-round calendars for the lowest-performing students. However, even for these students, the estimated academic impact is small.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1016204

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