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Author-Name:  Steven G. Craig
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Craig
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Houston
Author-Email:scraig@uh.edu
Author-Name:  Scott Imberman
Author-X-Name-First: Scott
Author-X-Name-Last: Imberman
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Houston
Author-Email:simberman@uh.edu
Author-Name:  Adam Perdue
Author-X-Name-First: Adam
Author-X-Name-Last: Perdue
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Houston
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Title: DOES IT PAY TO GET AN A? SCHOOL RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS IN RESPONSE TO ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS
Abstract:This paper examines whether school districts, and individual schools, respond to ratings
from the accountability system by reallocating resources across or within schools. Our empirical
work follows three identification strategies, a regression discontinuity for schools on the rating
boundaries, a “rating shock” analysis for schools that face a change in rating when the state
changed its accountability system, and a school fixed effects strategy. We find that school
districts provided incentives for their schools to achieve higher ratings under the early
accountability system, but under the later system they appear to have abandoned this strategy. In
addition, the rating shock results suggest that some effort was directed towards assisting lower
performing schools under the new regime. Finally, we find that in the early period incremental
funds were used as much for ancillary purposes as instruction.
Length:  47 pages
Creation-Date:  2009-10
File-URL: http://www.uh.edu/econpapers/RePEc/hou/wpaper/2009-04.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 2009-04
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Handle: RePEc:hou:wpaper:2009-04