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Title: Essays on the Economics of Minimum Competency Testing
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1. Jacobson, Jonathan Erik
Essays on the Economics of Minimum Competency Testing
Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 1993
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Education; High School Completion/Graduates; Labor Market Outcomes; Minorities; Occupational Status; Occupations; Poverty; School Completion; Testing Requirements

This thesis investigates the impact of minimum competency testing requirements on pupils and considers what factors influence states' adoption of such testing requirements. Between 1973 and 1985 twenty-one states adopted requirements that youth pass a minimum competency exam before graduating from high school. The data used to assess the effects of these requirements came from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) 1979 to 1990. The first chapter considers the impact of mandatory testing requirements on pupil test scores. The second chapter of the thesis considers the impact of testing requirements and other school policies on labor market outcomes. The third chapter of the thesis considers the determinants of states' adoption of testing requirements both for pupils and for teachers. (Copies available exclusively from MIT Libraries Rm. 14-0551 Cambridge MA 02139-4307. Ph. 617-253-5668; Fax 617-253-1690.)
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Jacobson, Jonathan Erik. Essays on the Economics of Minimum Competency Testing. Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 1993.