| Abstract |
The state of Ohio grades school districts based on how they perform on the state test that can be taken either online or on paper. The method in which the test is taken is supposed to have no actual effect on the result of the test. However, there was a problem that caused those districts who took the test on paper in 2015 to achieve school district ratings of an “A” and those districts who took the test online in 2015 to achieve an “F”. The testing method had no direct relation with school district characteristics such as income, tax rates, or population, so the difference in grades was solely due to test format. The important question is whether these false school ratings caused families to move. This project investigates this question by tracking the location of a household in the base year 2014 and the same household in 2016, the year following the false test score. Using regression analysis with different school and household characteristics along with the school district test score in 2015, this project finds no direct effect of the false school district rating on whether a household moved to a different school district.
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| Modified Abstract |
The state of Ohio grades school districts based on how they perform on the state test that can be taken either online or on paper. The method in which the test is taken is supposed to have no actual effect on the result of the test. However, there was a problem that caused those districts who took the test on paper in 2015. Using regression analysis with different school and household characteristics along with the school district test score in 2015, this project finds no direct effect of the false school district rating on whether a household moved to a different school district.
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