Document Type
Article
Publication Title
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Abstract
In 2007, 22 Wake County, North Carolina traditional calendar schools were switched to year-round calendars, spreading the 180 instructional days evenly across the year. This paper presents a human capital model to illustrate the conditions under which these calendars might affect achievement. We then exploit the natural experiment to evaluate the impactof year-round schooling on student achievement using a multi-level fixed effects model. Results suggest that yearround schooling has essentially no impact on academic achievement of the average student. Moreover, when the data are broken out by race, we find no evidence that any racial subgroup benefits from year-round schooling. (JEL H75, I21, I28, J24).
First Page
230
Last Page
252
DOI
10.1257/pol.4.4.230
Publication Date
11-1-2012
Recommended Citation
McMullen, Steven C. and Rouse, Kathryn E., "The impact of year-round schooling on academic achievement: Evidence from mandatory school calendar conversions" (2012). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 327.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/327