Ability Sorting and the Importance of College Quality to Student Achievement: Evidence from Community Colleges

Autor/in	Stange, Kevin
Titel	Ability Sorting and the Importance of College Quality to Student Achievement: Evidence from Community Colleges
Quelle	In: Education Finance and Policy, 7 (2012) 1, S.74-105 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-3060
DOI	10.1162/EDFP_a_00054
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; College Students; Institutional Characteristics; Instructional Effectiveness; Educational Attainment; Academic Ability; Context Effect; Evidence; Expenditure per Student + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Collegestudent; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Evidenz
Abstract	This article examines the effect of institutional quality on the educational attainment of community college students, a large group that has been mostly overlooked in previous work. The effect of institutional quality is generally difficult to separate from that of student ability because more capable students usually sort into better colleges. A detailed analysis of student sorting reveals this not to be the case among community college students, for whom college quality is effectively determined by factors other than their aptitude. This facilitates identification of school quality effects. I find that community college quality (as measured by instructional expenditure per student and several other measures) has no impact on community college students' educational attainment. States and colleges should seek to identify other factors that may be more influential. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10