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SUBMITTER: Borghans L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4504490 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Borghans Lex L Golsteyn Bart H H BH Zölitz Ulf U
PloS one 20150716 7
This paper studies the extent to which young children develop their cognitive ability in high and low quality schools. We use a representative panel data set containing cognitive test scores of 4-6 year olds in Dutch schools. School quality is measured by the school's average achievement test score at age 12. Our results indicate that children in high-quality schools develop their skills substantially faster than those in low-quality schools. The results remain robust to the inclusion of initial ...[more]