全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w19552
来源ID	Working Paper 19552
	The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes
	Susan M. Dynarski; Steven W. Hemelt; Joshua M. Hyman
发表日期	2013-10-17
出版年	2013
语种	英语
摘要	This paper explores the promises and pitfalls of using National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data to measure a variety of postsecondary outcomes. We first describe the history of the NSC, the basic structure of its data, and recent research interest in using NSC data. Second, using information from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), we calculate enrollment coverage rates for NSC data over time, by state, institution type, and demographic student subgroups. We find that coverage is highest among public institutions and lowest (but growing) among for-profit colleges. Across students, enrollment coverage is lower for minorities but similar for males and females. We also explore two potentially less salient sources of non-coverage: suppressed student records due to privacy laws and matching errors due to typographic inaccuracies in student names. To illustrate how this collection of measurement errors may affect estimates of the levels and gaps in postsecondary attendance and persistence, we perform several case-study analyses using administrative transcript data from Michigan public colleges. We close with a discussion of practical issues for program evaluators using NSC data.
主题	Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w19552
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/577227
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Susan M. Dynarski,Steven W. Hemelt,Joshua M. Hyman. The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes. 2013.