caa a22 4500 378936344 CHVBK 20180305123641.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20040805xx s 000 0 eng 10.2202/1538-0645.1230 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.2202/1538-0645.1230 Dills Angela K. 1Clemson University, adills@wellesley.edu Do Parents Value Changes in Test Scores? High Stakes Testing in Texas [Elektronische Daten] [Angela K. Dills] Texas evaluates, accredits, and financially rewards schools based on student test scores. Test scores increased dramatically following this implementation of high stakes testing. This paper examines whether homebuyers valued these test score increases. The results show little or no relation between changes in test scores and changes in total housing value in a district. Strikingly, improved performance on college entrance exams is associated with increased total housing value. Using the college entrance exams as a benchmark, the results on the state test suggest that high stakes testing failed to increase perceived school quality. ©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston accountability nationallicence house prices nationallicence education nationallicence Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy De Gruyter 3/1(2004-08-05) 3:1 2004 3 bejeap https://doi.org/10.2202/1538-0645.1230 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2202/1538-0645.1230 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Dills Angela K. 1Clemson University, adills@wellesley.edu NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy De Gruyter 3/1(2004-08-05) 3:1 2004 3 bejeap CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter