Data and Code for: Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. School Districts

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Rebecca Jack, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Clare Halloran, Brown University; James Okun, MIT; Emily Oster, Brown University

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

Jack, Rebecca, Halloran, Clare, Okun, James, and Oster, Emily. Data and Code for: Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. School Districts. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-05-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/E168843V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We estimate the impact of district-level schooling mode (in-person versus hybrid or virtual learning) in the 2020-21 school year on students' pass rates on standardized tests in Grades 3--8 across 11 states. Pass rates declined from 2019 to 2021: an average decline of 12.8 percentage points in math and 6.8 in English language arts (ELA). Focusing on within-state, within-commuting zone variation in schooling mode, we estimate districts with full in-person learning had significantly smaller declines in pass rates (13.4 p.p. in math, 8.3 p.p. in ELA). The value to in-person learning was larger for districts with larger populations of Black students.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Emergent Ventures at the Mercatus Center; Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; Arnold Ventures

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms standardized tests; US public school districts; COVID-19; schooling mode; virtual school; hybrid school; in-person school
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      I20 Education and Research Institutions: General
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I24 Education and Inequality
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2016 – 2021
Universe:  View help for Universe United States public school districts in CO, CT, MA, MN, MS, OH, RI, VA, WI, WV, WY
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; aggregate data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation US public school districts
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit US public school districts by zip code

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