Raj Chetty et al. have found that increased learning, as measured by tests, predicts
earnings gains for students a decade later.
Not exact matches
And let's not forget the iPod generation, now struggling to pay off
student loans and
gain a toehold on the housing ladder while half their
earnings disappear in tax to fund pensions and healthcare
for an ageing population.
The authors did find that test score
gains for lower - scoring
students in lower - performing schools resulted in higher
earnings for those
students.
For some
students, the effects are particularly strong: Hispanic
students see an impressive 11 percent
gain in
earnings when exposed to the incentive program.
In fact, the importance of experience may be clearer in the teaching profession than any other, as shown in a recent re-analysis of the STAR Tennessee experiment, showing that Kindergarten
students had higher achievement and
earnings as adults, depending on how long their teachers had been in the profession, with
gains for every year up to twenty.
[80] As a responsible lender, one important role
for the Department is to hold all GE programs to a minimum standard that ensures
students are able to service their debt without undue hardship, regardless of whether
students experience
earnings gains upon completion.