Economic Understanding in US High School Courses

The effects of courses on student achievement are studied using 2006 data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in economics. A regression analysis showed expected and significant achievement differences by course, with the highest scores in advanced economics, followed by gene...

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Published in:The American economic review 2013-05, Vol.103 (3), p.659-663
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Advanced students
Curricula
Economic surveys
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Market economies
Personal finance
Regression analysis
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomics
Students
Test scores
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U.S.A
Variables
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Curricula
Economic surveys
Economics
Economics courses
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Financial economics
High school students
High schools
Market economies
Personal finance
Regression analysis
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Socioeconomic factors
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Test scores
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U.S.A
Variables
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