dc.contributor.author | Franco, Catalina | |
dc.contributor.author | Povea, Erika | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-16T11:00:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-04-16T11:00:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-04-14 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0804-6824 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3126775 | |
dc.description.abstract | We exploit randomness in college entrance exams in Colombia to study how the placement of answers impacts multiple-choice test results and access to college. Using administrative data, we find that: first, applicants are 5% less likely to answer correctly when the correct answer is the last in the choice set (option D). And, second, that one SD higher share of correct answers in D in the math section reduces applicants’ overall performance and their preferred major admission rate by 3%. Considering lifelong college access implications, we show how seemingly innocuous exam features disproportionately affect unlucky test takers. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | DP SAM;04/2024 | |
dc.subject | Multiple-choice tests | en_US |
dc.subject | answer placement | en_US |
dc.subject | performance | en_US |
dc.subject | admissions | en_US |
dc.title | Innocuous Exam Features? The Impact of Answer Placement on High-Stakes Test Performance and College Admissions | en_US |
dc.type | Working paper | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | Samfunnsvitenskap | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 52 | en_US |
dc.relation.project | Norges Forskningsråd: 262675 | en_US |