Actionable Insights from Observational Data: The Case of Advanced Classes in K-12 Education
A fundamentally challenging question in K-12 education is about the effects of taking more advanced or challenging classes. It is particularly complex because students (and/or their parents) choose whether to enroll in these classes, making causal analysis challenging. In this paper, we begin to tackle this question by taking advantage of a novel dataset from a public school system in the US. This dataset records students' course enrollment decisions, prior academic histories, demographics, and subsequent outcomes around the time of a district-wide change that introduced optional open-enrollment advanced middle-school courses in subject areas. This is a rich observational dataset, but enr...
| Authors | Nabit Bajwa, Seth B. Hunter, Sanmay Das |
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| Primary category | cs.LG |
| Published | 20 September 2026 |
| Last updated at source | 20 September 2026 |
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