ERIC Number: ED670806
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Apr
Pages: 61
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Take Two! SAT Retaking and College Enrollment Gaps. EdWorkingPaper No. 19-29
Joshua Goodman; Oded Gurantz; Jonathan Smith
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Only half of SAT-takers retake the exam, with even lower retake rates among low income and underrepresented minority (URM) students. We exploit discontinuous jumps in retake probabilities at multiples of 100, driven by left-digit bias, to estimate retaking's causal effects. Retaking substantially improves SAT scores and increases four-year college enrollment rates, particularly for low income and URM students. Eliminating disparities in retake rates could close up to 10 percent of the income-based gap and up to seven percent of the race-based gap in four-year college enrollment rates of high school graduates.
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Attendance, Scores, Test Wiseness, Low Income Students, Minority Group Students, Trend Analysis, Probability, Attribution Theory, Student Improvement, Enrollment Trends, Race, High School Graduates, Achievement Gap, College Admission, Student Characteristics
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)
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