School calendar and student achievement

Resumo

This study aims to analyze how school calendar impacts students’ effort when studying for end of year exams and how it impacts score in the Brazilian High School National Exam (Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio – ENEM). It was verified that cities with more holidays have less students studying during these dates. When the ENEM approaches, this effect is even greater. Cities with more holidays close to the exam are associated with lower scores. Using two-sample instrumental variable and considering the hypothesis that holidays impact the ENEM score exclusively by students’ effort, it can be inferred that more studying effort prior to the exam can lead to a higher score.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Dissertação

Ano

2016

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/17017

Temas

EconomiaEducação

Palavras-chave

Student effortStudent achievementEsforço do alunoDesempenho do alunoEconomiaAvaliação educacional - BrasilEnsino médio - BrasilCalendário escolarEstudantes - AvaliaçãoExame Nacional do Ensino Médio