Data and Code for "Beyond Teachers: Estimating Individual School Counselors' Effects on Educational Attainment"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Christine Mulhern, RAND Corporation

Version:  View help for Version V1

Name File Type Size Last Modified
Accountability_2013.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 123.7 KB 06/01/2023 08:31:AM
PerPupilExpenditures_2013.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 42.4 KB 06/01/2023 08:31:AM
ap_participation_2013.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 25.7 KB 06/01/2023 08:31:AM
enrollmentfrpl_2013.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 228.4 KB 06/01/2023 08:31:AM
enrollmentracegender_2013.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 153.4 KB 06/01/2023 08:31:AM
plansforhsgrad_2013.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 44.8 KB 06/01/2023 08:31:AM

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This repository includes the code needed to replicate all tables and figures in the paper "Beyond Teachers: Estimating Individual School Counselors' Effects on Educational Attainment". It includes the non-confidential data needed for replication, but additional confidential data must be obtained to fully replicate the analyses.

The paper estimates counselors' causal effects using quasi-random assignment policies in Massachusetts. It shows that counselors vary substantially in their effectiveness at increasing high school graduation and college attendance, selectivity, and persistence. Counselor effects on educational attainment are similar in magnitude to teacher effects, but they flow through improved information and assistance more than cognitive or non-cognitive skill development. Counselor effectiveness is most important for low-income and low-achieving students, so improving access to effective counseling may be a promising way to increase educational attainment and close socioeconomic gaps in education.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms education expenditures; personnel policy; value-added
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I21 Analysis of Education
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage North Carolina, Massachusetts
Universe:  View help for Universe High school students and counselors.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; program source code

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate N/A - Administrative Data
Sampling:  View help for Sampling Schools in Massachusetts which assign students to counselors based on last names.
Data Source:  View help for Data Source Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Wake County Public School System
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Opportunity Insights
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) other; web scraping
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Counselors, Students
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit school district

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V1 [2023-10-24]

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