Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin; Senkbeil, Martin; … - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 1, pp. 56-65
In this paper, we use data from the German PISA 2003 sample to study the effects of central exit examinations on student performance and student attitudes. Unlike earlier studies we use (i) a value-added measure to pin down the effect of central exit exams on learning in the last year before the...