Evidence of Student Achievement in a High School Personal Finance Course

Andrew Hill (), Bonnie Meszaros () and Brian Tyson
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Bonnie Meszaros: Department of Economics,University of Delaware
Brian Tyson: Department of Economics,University of Texas at Austin

No 13-01, Working Papers from University of Delaware, Department of Economics

Abstract: This study investigates the effect of the “Keys to Financial Success” high school personal finance curriculum on student achievement. It relies on multiple years of pre- and posttest data from 1,701 students who took a “Keys” course and from a comparison group of 261 students from the same schools. The results from the pre- and posttests show that students who take the “Keys” course exhibit a statistically significant increase in their personal finance achievement. These results contribute to the growing literature showing the positive effects on the financial knowledge of high school students when they take a well-designed course taught by properly trained teachers.

Keywords: personal finance education; precollege; economic education; curriculum; assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 A21 D14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2012
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