Angrist and Lavy (1999) Dataset on Class Size and Scholastic Achievement
al1999.RdClass sizes, scholastic achievement scores, and various classroom
demographics for 4th and 5th grades. The dataset is derived from the merged
files final4.dta and final5.dta with data cleaning adjustments to remove
recording errors, missing observations, class sizes above 44, and enrollments
below 6.
Format
A data frame with 4,067 classrooms and 31 variables.
- schlcode
School code
- enrollment
School enrollment (number of students in grade)
- enrollment_boys
Number of boys in grade
- enrollment_girls
Number of girls in grade
- c_num4rd
Number of 4th grade classes in school
- c_type
Number of special education classes
- flgrm4
Percentage failed in grammar 4th grade in 1991
- mrkgrm4
Mean mark in grammar 4th grade in 1991
- ngrm4
Number of students in grammar 4th grade in 1991
- flmth4
Percentage failed in math 4th grade in 1991
- mrkmth4
Mean mark in math 4th grade in 1991
- nmth4
Number of students in math 4th grade in 1991
- towncode
Town code
- popcode
Population code
- grade
Class grade (4 or 5)
- classid
Class sequence number
- classize
Number of students in class
- mathsize
Number of students tested in mathematics
- avgmath
Mathematics score
- passmath
Pass mathematics test indicator
- verbsize
Number of students tested in reading
- avgverb
Grammar score
- passverb
Pass grammar test indicator
- disadvantaged
School socioeconomic status: percent disadvantaged
- c_num5rd
Number of 5th grade classes in school
- flgrm5
Percentage failed in grammar 5th grade in 1991
- mrkgrm5
Mean mark in grammar 5th grade in 1991
- ngrm5
Number of students in grammar 5th grade in 1991
- flmth5
Percentage failed in math 5th grade in 1991
- mrkmth5
Mean mark in math 5th grade in 1991
- nmth5
Number of students in math 5th grade in 1991
Source
Angrist, J., & Lavy, V. (1999). "Using Maimonides’ Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement." The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Data available at https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/angrist/data1/data/anglavy99