Interpreting Tests of School VAM Validity

We develop over-identification tests that use admissions lotteries to assess the predictive value of regression-based value-added models (VAMs). These tests have degrees of freedom equal to the number of quasi-experiments available to estimate school effects. By contrast, previously implemented VAM...

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Main Authors: Walters, Christopher (Author), Angrist, Joshua (Contributor), Hull, Peter Davenport (Contributor), Pathak, Parag (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association (AEA), 2016-10-24T19:05:33Z.
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