Bacolod, Marigee; DiNardo, John; Jacobson, Mireille - In: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics 30 (2012) 1, pp. 149-163
We use a regression discontinuity design to analyze an understudied aspect of school accountability systems—how schools use financial rewards. For two years, California's accountability system financially rewarded schools based on a deterministic function of test scores. Qualifying schools...