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EPI Working papers

The Measurement of Student Ability in Modern Assessment Systems

May 1, 2016
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Brian Jacob, Jesse Rothstein
Economists often use test scores to measure a student’s performance or an adult’s human capital. These scores reflect non-trivial decisions about how to measure and scale student achievement, with important implications for secondary analyses. For ex...