A Little Now for a Lot Later: A Look at a Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program

dc.contributor.author	Jackson, Clement (Kirabo)
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-17T16:58:22Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-17T16:58:22Z
dc.date.issued	2007-01-01
dc.description.abstract	I analyze a program implemented in Texas schools serving underprivileged populations that pays both students and teachers for passing grades on Advanced Placement (AP) examinations. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, I find that program adoption is associated with increased AP course and exam taking, increases in the number of students with high SAT/ACT scores, and increases in college matriculation. The rewards don't appear to distort behaviors in undesirable ways, and I present evidence that teachers and students were not simply maximizing rewards. Guidance counselors credit the improvements to greater AP access, changes in social norms towards APs, and better student information.
dc.description.legacydownloads	Kirabo_little_now_NEW.pdf: 2044 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020.
dc.identifier.other	406397
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/74761
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.rights	Required Publisher Statement: Published by the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, Cornell University.
dc.subject	academic incentives
dc.subject	ACT
dc.subject	SAT
dc.subject	academic performance
dc.title	A Little Now for a Lot Later: A Look at a Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program
dc.type	article
local.authorAffiliation	Jackson, Clement (Kirabo): ckj5@cornell.edu Cornell University

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