Panel: Evidence on Factors Influencing High School Outcomes
(Education)

Friday, November 4, 2016: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
Columbia 6 (Washington Hilton)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Chairs:  Andrew Litten, University of Michigan
Discussants:  Greg Cumpton, University of Texas at Austin and Benjamin L. Castleman, University of Virginia

Evidence on Factors Influencing High School Outcomes

The Impact of the Michigan Merit Curriculum on High School Math Course Taking
Soobin Kim, Greg Wallsworth, Ran Xu, Barbara Schneider and Kenneth Frank, Michigan State University



The Effects of Grade Retention on High School Completion and Performance
Louis T. Mariano1, Paco Martorell2 and Tiffany Tsai1, (1)RAND Corporation, (2)University of California, Davis



Is the Increase in High School Graduation Rates Real?
Nathan Barrett, Douglas N. Harris and Lihan Liu, Tulane University



Are Truant High School Students All the Same?
Wladimir Zanoni, University of Chicago




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