Early Test Scores, School Quality and Ses: Longrun Effects on Wage and Employment Outcomes

By Janet Currie, Duncan C. Thomas. 2012

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Learning loss during Covid-19: An early systematic review (2021, background): “Currie and Thomas (2001) put this into perspective as they observe that a 0.20 decrease in standardized test scores could decrease future employment probability by 0.86 percent. Additionally, Chetty et al. (2014) observe that increasing student achievement by 0.”
Gray Matters: Fetal Pollution Exposure and Human Capital Formation (2017, background): “Since school performance is an important driver of employment and wage outcomes later in life (Chetty et al 2011, Currie and Thomas 2012), the legacy of these acute pollution exposures in utero can be long lasting and economically significant.”
Temperament in the Classroom (2012, unknown): “Likewise, standardized achievement tests and teacher assigned course grades predict the same out comes (Currie & Thomas, 2001; Kuncel, Hezlett, & Ones, 2004; Sackett, Borneman, & Connelly, 2008).”
Child Care Choices and Children’s Cognitive Achievement: The Case of Single Mothers (2011, methodology): “Currie and Thomas (1995) look at preschool inputs (i.e., Head Start); Liu, Mroz, and van der Klaauw (2003) study 5–15-year-olds; and Todd and Wolpin (2007) and Cunha and Heckman (2008) look at 6–13-year-olds.”