TY - JOUR
T1 - Girls to the front
T2 - How redshirting and test-score gaps are affected by a change in the school-entry cut date
AU - Cook, Philip J.
AU - Kang, Songman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Most states have moved their public-school-entry cut date forward in recent years. In North Carolina the latest date by which a matriculant must turn 5 was recently changed from October 16th to August 31st. Those born in between the old and new cut dates (the “swing group”), formerly among the youngest entrants, became the oldest. Utilizing a comprehensive statewide administrative data set, we demonstrate that for the swing group the black-white standardized test-score gaps (3rd and 4th grade) has narrowed, and the gender gaps changed markedly to favor girls. These shifts are explained in part by the near elimination of redshirting for the swing group, and in part by gender differences in the gain to being older.
AB - Most states have moved their public-school-entry cut date forward in recent years. In North Carolina the latest date by which a matriculant must turn 5 was recently changed from October 16th to August 31st. Those born in between the old and new cut dates (the “swing group”), formerly among the youngest entrants, became the oldest. Utilizing a comprehensive statewide administrative data set, we demonstrate that for the swing group the black-white standardized test-score gaps (3rd and 4th grade) has narrowed, and the gender gaps changed markedly to favor girls. These shifts are explained in part by the near elimination of redshirting for the swing group, and in part by gender differences in the gain to being older.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85079032524
U2 - 10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.101968
DO - 10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.101968
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079032524
SN - 0272-7757
VL - 76
JO - Economics of Education Review
JF - Economics of Education Review
M1 - 101968
ER -
