FRB: Finance and Economics Discussion Series: Data

Skip to: [Printable Version (PDF)] [Bibliography] [Footnotes]

Finance and Economics Discussion Series: Data for paper 201369 ^♣

Learning from the Test: Raising Selective College Enrollment by Providing Information

Sarena F. Goodman

Figure 1: Average ACT Participation Rates

Year	Early-Adopters (CO [2002]/IL [2002])	Later-Adopters (KY [2010]/MI [2008]/TN [2010])	20 Non-mandate ACT States
1994	65	64.3333333333333	65.25
1996	63.5	67.6666666666667	63.6
1998	66	70.6666666666667	67.4
2000	68	73.3333333333333	69.75
2002	99	73	68.2
2004	99.5	76.6666666666667	70.95
2006	100	78.6666666666667	70.65
2008	99	86.6666666666667	71.2
2010	100	100	74.35

Return to Figure 1

Figure 2: ACT Score Distribution

ACT Score Panel 1	1994-2000 Average Panel 1	2004 Panel 1	ACT Score Panel 2	1994-2000 Average Panel 2	2004 Panel 2	ACT Score Panel 3	1994-2000 Average Panel 3	2004 Panel 3	ACT Score Panel 4	1994-2000 Average Panel 4	2004 Panel 4
0	#N/A!	#N/A!	0	#N/A!	#N/A!	0	#N/A!	#N/A!	0	#N/A!	#N/A!
1	#N/A!	#N/A!	1	#N/A!	#N/A!	1	#N/A!	#N/A!	1	#N/A!	#N/A!
2	#N/A!	#N/A!	2	#N/A!	#N/A!	2	#N/A!	#N/A!	2	#N/A!	#N/A!
3	#N/A!	#N/A!	3	#N/A!	#N/A!	3	#N/A!	#N/A!	3	#N/A!	#N/A!
4	#N/A!	#N/A!	4	#N/A!	#N/A!	4	#N/A!	#N/A!	4	2.136378	#N/A!
5	#N/A!	2	5	#N/A!	2	5	#N/A!	#N/A!	5	#N/A!	#N/A!
6	#N/A!	4	6	2.222154	4	6	#N/A!	#N/A!	6	2.136378	#N/A!
7	#N/A!	2	7	3.333231	8	7	#N/A!	2	7	#N/A!	#N/A!
8	#N/A!	10	8	2.777693	6	8	4.234153	4	8	2.136378	2
9	7.543257	32	9	11.11077	74	9	4.234153	4	9	7.477323	20
10	11.94349	136	10	46.1097	348	10	28.05127	34	10	28.30701	56
11	60.34606	636	11	294.991	1834	11	146.6076	136	11	209.365	266
12	229.4407	1638	12	1017.747	4788	12	548.3228	558	12	811.2896	856
13	475.2252	2336	13	2052.159	7168	13	1357.046	1212	13	1944.638	1988
14	790.1562	2732	14	3006.575	8414	14	2198.055	2060	14	3464.671	3266
15	1162.919	3290	15	3903.769	9234	15	3217.427	2926	15	4857.055	4706
16	1542.596	3584	16	4513.751	9754	16	4191.282	4066	16	6327.418	6468
17	1856.898	3482	17	5130.954	10022	17	5122.796	4658	17	7906.201	8156
18	2163.029	3774	18	5825.377	9888	18	5728.809	5352	18	9279.358	9308
19	2330.866	3664	19	6057.037	9224	19	6013.027	5778	19	9781.941	9842
20	2430.186	3554	20	6179.255	8714	20	5998.207	5774	20	10249.81	10296
21	2417.614	3276	21	6149.256	8122	21	5940.517	5800	21	10226.31	10018
22	2285.607	3046	22	5765.379	7872	22	5623.485	5556	22	9403.802	9496
23	2105.197	2788	23	5247.061	6646	23	4939.669	5296	23	8876.651	8980
24	1958.104	2640	24	4857.073	6490	24	4651.747	4678	24	7757.189	8280
25	1755.065	2118	25	4537.639	5482	25	4198.163	4050	25	6883.944	7080
26	1498.594	2210	26	3868.215	4860	26	3392.615	3536	26	5711.073	6060
27	1228.922	1634	27	3307.676	4144	27	2846.41	2734	27	4903.522	4852
28	986.9095	1458	28	2910.466	3368	28	2393.355	2188	28	3815.571	3930
29	719.1239	1016	29	2206.599	2726	29	1837.093	1676	29	2732.428	2920
30	567.6301	816	30	1820.5	2154	30	1363.397	1364	30	2761.269	2594
31	386.5919	550	31	1357.181	1542	31	996.6138	832	31	1835.683	1664
32	266.5284	380	32	979.4144	1158	32	651.0011	650	32	1170.201	1114
33	133.2642	256	33	559.9828	748	33	378.4274	352	33	645.7203	778
34	58.46024	166	34	273.325	404	34	154.5466	212	34	291.0815	424
35	16.97233	60	35	103.8857	230	35	46.04642	100	35	90.79607	230
36	2.514419	10	36	11.85149	40	36	9.526845	16	36	18.69331	34

Return to Figure 2

Figure 3a: Overall College Attendance in the United States by State of Residence

Year	Freshmen enrollees from early-adopting states (CO/IL)	Freshmen enrollees from other ACT states
1994	149854	638021
1996	145685	659947
1998	152572	678357
2000	171766	807538
2002	182862	867817
2004	175816	842634
2006	173235	831663
2008	179603	871062
2010	188546	940293

Return to Figure 3a

Figure 3b: Selective College Attendance in the United States by State of Residence

Year	Freshmen enrollees from early-adopting states (CO/IL)	Freshmen enrollees from other ACT states
1994	60624	286549
1996	62388	300340
1998	67890	321197
2000	69364	334619
2002	75507	338921
2004	78315	343374
2006	81917	343939
2008	85949	356357
2010	87804	363654

Return to Figure 3b

Figure 4: Implied Test taking Thresholds for Various Estimates of the Return to College Quality

Return to attending a selective college $ (log scale)	Implied test-taking threshold	Estimated E(P*LE)
0	100	16
0.001	15000	16
0.002	7500	16
0.003	5000	16
0.004	3750	16
0.005	3000	16
0.006	2500	16
0.007	2142.85714285714	16
0.008	1875	16
0.009	1666.66666666667	16
0.01	1500	16
0.02	750	16
0.03	500	16
0.04	375	16
0.05	300	16
0.06	250	16
0.07	214.285714285714	16
0.08	187.5	16
0.09	166.666666666667	16
0.1	150	16
0.2	75	16
0.3	50	16
0.4	37.5	16
0.5	30	16
0.6	25	16
0.7	21.4285714285714	16
0.8	18.75	16
0.9	16.6666666666667	16
1	15	16
2	7.5	16
3	5	16
4	3.75	16
5	3	16
6	2.5	16
7	2.14285714285714	16
8	1.875	16
9	1.66666666666667	16
10	1.5	16
11	1.36363636363636	16
12	1.25	16
13	1.15384615384615	16
14	1.07142857142857	16
15	1	16
16	0.9375	16
17	0.882352941176471	16
18	0.833333333333333	16
19	0.789473684210526	16
20	0.75	16
21	0.714285714285714	16
22	0.681818181818182	16
23	0.652173913043478	16
24	0.625	16
25	0.6	16
26	0.576923076923077	16
27	0.555555555555556	16
28	0.535714285714286	16
29	0.517241379310345	16
30	0.5	16
31	0.483870967741935	16
32	0.46875	16
33	0.454545454545455	16
34	0.441176470588235	16
35	0.428571428571429	16
36	0.416666666666667	16
37	0.405405405405405	16
38	0.394736842105263	16
39	0.384615384615385	16
40	0.375	16
41	0.365853658536585	16
42	0.357142857142857	16
43	0.348837209302326	16
44	0.340909090909091	16
45	0.333333333333333	16
46	0.326086956521739	16
47	0.319148936170213	16
48	0.3125	16
49	0.306122448979592	16
50	0.3	16
51	0.294117647058824	16
52	0.288461538461538	16
53	0.283018867924528	16
54	0.277777777777778	16
55	0.272727272727273	16
56	0.267857142857143	16
57	0.263157894736842	16
58	0.258620689655172	16
59	0.254237288135593	16
60	0.25	16
61	0.245901639344262	16
62	0.241935483870968	16
63	0.238095238095238	16
64	0.234375	16
65	0.230769230769231	16
66	0.227272727272727	16
67	0.223880597014925	16
68	0.220588235294118	16
69	0.217391304347826	16
70	0.214285714285714	16
71	0.211267605633803	16
72	0.208333333333333	16
73	0.205479452054795	16
74	0.202702702702703	16
75	0.2	16
76	0.197368421052632	16
77	0.194805194805195	16
78	0.192307692307692	16
79	0.189873417721519	16
80	0.1875	16
81	0.185185185185185	16
82	0.182926829268293	16
83	0.180722891566265	16
84	0.178571428571429	16
85	0.176470588235294	16
86	0.174418604651163	16
87	0.172413793103448	16
88	0.170454545454545	16
89	0.168539325842697	16
90	0.166666666666667	16
91	0.164835164835165	16
92	0.16304347826087	16
93	0.161290322580645	16
94	0.159574468085106	16
95	0.157894736842105	16
96	0.15625	16
97	0.154639175257732	16
98	0.153061224489796	16
99	0.151515151515152	16
100	0.15	16
101	0.148514851485149	16
102	0.147058823529412	16
103	0.145631067961165	16
104	0.144230769230769	16
105	0.142857142857143	16
106	0.141509433962264	16
107	0.14018691588785	16
108	0.138888888888889	16
109	0.137614678899083	16
110	0.136363636363636	16
111	0.135135135135135	16
112	0.133928571428571	16
113	0.132743362831858	16
114	0.131578947368421	16
115	0.130434782608696	16
116	0.129310344827586	16
117	0.128205128205128	16
118	0.127118644067797	16
119	0.126050420168067	16
120	0.125	16
121	0.12396694214876	16
122	0.122950819672131	16
123	0.121951219512195	16
124	0.120967741935484	16
125	0.12	16
126	0.119047619047619	16
127	0.118110236220472	16
128	0.1171875	16
129	0.116279069767442	16
130	0.115384615384615	16
131	0.114503816793893	16
132	0.113636363636364	16
133	0.112781954887218	16
134	0.111940298507463	16
135	0.111111111111111	16
136	0.110294117647059	16
137	0.109489051094891	16
138	0.108695652173913	16
139	0.107913669064748	16
140	0.107142857142857	16
141	0.106382978723404	16
142	0.105633802816901	16
143	0.104895104895105	16
144	0.104166666666667	16
145	0.103448275862069	16
146	0.102739726027397	16
147	0.102040816326531	16
148	0.101351351351351	16
149	0.100671140939597	16
150	0.1	16
151	0.0993377483443709	16
152	0.0986842105263158	16
153	0.0980392156862745	16
154	0.0974025974025974	16
155	0.0967741935483871	16
156	0.0961538461538462	16
157	0.0955414012738854	16
158	0.0949367088607595	16
159	0.0943396226415094	16
160	0.09375	16
161	0.093167701863354	16
162	0.0925925925925926	16
163	0.0920245398773006	16
164	0.0914634146341463	16
165	0.0909090909090909	16
166	0.0903614457831325	16
167	0.0898203592814371	16
168	0.0892857142857143	16
169	0.0887573964497041	16
170	0.0882352941176471	16
171	0.087719298245614	16
172	0.0872093023255814	16
173	0.0867052023121387	16
174	0.0862068965517241	16
175	0.0857142857142857	16
176	0.0852272727272727	16
177	0.0847457627118644	16
178	0.0842696629213483	16
179	0.0837988826815642	16
180	0.0833333333333333	16
181	0.0828729281767956	16
182	0.0824175824175824	16
183	0.0819672131147541	16
184	0.0815217391304348	16
185	0.0810810810810811	16
186	0.0806451612903226	16
187	0.0802139037433155	16
188	0.0797872340425532	16
189	0.0793650793650794	16
190	0.0789473684210526	16
191	0.0785340314136126	16
192	0.078125	16
193	0.077720207253886	16
194	0.077319587628866	16
195	0.0769230769230769	16
196	0.076530612244898	16
197	0.0761421319796954	16
198	0.0757575757575758	16
199	0.0753768844221105	16
200	0.075	16
201	0.0746268656716418	16
202	0.0742574257425743	16
203	0.0738916256157636	16
204	0.0735294117647059	16
205	0.0731707317073171	16
206	0.0728155339805825	16
207	0.072463768115942	16
208	0.0721153846153846	16
209	0.0717703349282297	16
210	0.0714285714285714	16
211	0.0710900473933649	16
212	0.0707547169811321	16
213	0.0704225352112676	16
214	0.0700934579439252	16
215	0.0697674418604651	16
216	0.0694444444444444	16
217	0.0691244239631336	16
218	0.0688073394495413	16
219	0.0684931506849315	16
220	0.0681818181818182	16
221	0.0678733031674208	16
222	0.0675675675675676	16
223	0.0672645739910314	16
224	0.0669642857142857	16
225	0.0666666666666667	16
226	0.0663716814159292	16
227	0.066079295154185	16
228	0.0657894736842105	16
229	0.0655021834061135	16
230	0.0652173913043478	16
231	0.0649350649350649	16
232	0.0646551724137931	16
233	0.0643776824034335	16
234	0.0641025641025641	16
235	0.0638297872340425	16
236	0.0635593220338983	16
237	0.0632911392405063	16
238	0.0630252100840336	16
239	0.0627615062761506	16
240	0.0625	16
241	0.0622406639004149	16
242	0.0619834710743802	16
243	0.0617283950617284	16
244	0.0614754098360656	16
245	0.0612244897959184	16
246	0.0609756097560976	16
247	0.0607287449392713	16
248	0.0604838709677419	16
249	0.0602409638554217	16
250	0.06	16
251	0.0597609561752988	16
252	0.0595238095238095	16
253	0.0592885375494071	16
254	0.0590551181102362	16
255	0.0588235294117647	16
256	0.05859375	16
257	0.0583657587548638	16
258	0.0581395348837209	16
259	0.0579150579150579	16
260	0.0576923076923077	16
261	0.0574712643678161	16
262	0.0572519083969466	16
263	0.0570342205323194	16
264	0.0568181818181818	16
265	0.0566037735849057	16
266	0.056390977443609	16
267	0.0561797752808989	16
268	0.0559701492537313	16
269	0.0557620817843866	16
270	0.0555555555555556	16
271	0.0553505535055351	16
272	0.0551470588235294	16
273	0.0549450549450549	16
274	0.0547445255474453	16
275	0.0545454545454545	16
276	0.0543478260869565	16
277	0.0541516245487365	16
278	0.0539568345323741	16
279	0.0537634408602151	16
280	0.0535714285714286	16
281	0.0533807829181495	16
282	0.0531914893617021	16
283	0.0530035335689046	16
284	0.0528169014084507	16
285	0.0526315789473684	16
286	0.0524475524475524	16
287	0.0522648083623693	16
288	0.0520833333333333	16
289	0.0519031141868512	16
290	0.0517241379310345	16
291	0.0515463917525773	16
292	0.0513698630136986	16
293	0.0511945392491468	16
294	0.0510204081632653	16
295	0.0508474576271186	16
296	0.0506756756756757	16
297	0.0505050505050505	16
298	0.0503355704697987	16
299	0.0501672240802676	16
300	0.05	16
301	0.0498338870431894	16
302	0.0496688741721854	16
303	0.0495049504950495	16
304	0.0493421052631579	16
305	0.0491803278688525	16
306	0.0490196078431373	16
307	0.0488599348534202	16
308	0.0487012987012987	16
309	0.0485436893203883	16
310	0.0483870967741935	16
311	0.0482315112540193	16
312	0.0480769230769231	16
313	0.0479233226837061	16
314	0.0477707006369427	16
315	0.0476190476190476	16
316	0.0474683544303797	16
317	0.0473186119873817	16
318	0.0471698113207547	16
319	0.0470219435736677	16
320	0.046875	16
321	0.0467289719626168	16
322	0.046583850931677	16
323	0.0464396284829721	16
324	0.0462962962962963	16
325	0.0461538461538462	16
326	0.0460122699386503	16
327	0.0458715596330275	16
328	0.0457317073170732	16
329	0.0455927051671733	16
330	0.0454545454545455	16
331	0.0453172205438066	16
332	0.0451807228915663	16
333	0.045045045045045	16
334	0.0449101796407186	16
335	0.0447761194029851	16
336	0.0446428571428571	16
337	0.0445103857566766	16
338	0.0443786982248521	16
339	0.0442477876106195	16
340	0.0441176470588235	16
341	0.0439882697947214	16
342	0.043859649122807	16
343	0.043731778425656	16
344	0.0436046511627907	16
345	0.0434782608695652	16
346	0.0433526011560694	16
347	0.0432276657060519	16
348	0.0431034482758621	16
349	0.0429799426934097	16
350	0.0428571428571429	16
351	0.0427350427350427	16
352	0.0426136363636364	16
353	0.0424929178470255	16
354	0.0423728813559322	16
355	0.0422535211267606	16
356	0.0421348314606742	16
357	0.0420168067226891	16
358	0.0418994413407821	16
359	0.0417827298050139	16
360	0.0416666666666667	16
361	0.0415512465373961	16
362	0.0414364640883978	16
363	0.0413223140495868	16
364	0.0412087912087912	16
365	0.0410958904109589	16
366	0.040983606557377	16
367	0.0408719346049046	16
368	0.0407608695652174	16
369	0.040650406504065	16
370	0.0405405405405405	16
371	0.0404312668463612	16
372	0.0403225806451613	16
373	0.0402144772117962	16
374	0.0401069518716578	16
375	0.04	16
376	0.0398936170212766	16
377	0.0397877984084881	16
378	0.0396825396825397	16
379	0.0395778364116095	16
380	0.0394736842105263	16
381	0.0393700787401575	16
382	0.0392670157068063	16
383	0.0391644908616188	16
384	0.0390625	16
385	0.038961038961039	16
386	0.038860103626943	16
387	0.0387596899224806	16
388	0.038659793814433	16
389	0.038560411311054	16
390	0.0384615384615385	16
391	0.0383631713554987	16
392	0.038265306122449	16
393	0.0381679389312977	16
394	0.0380710659898477	16
395	0.0379746835443038	16
396	0.0378787878787879	16
397	0.0377833753148615	16
398	0.0376884422110553	16
399	0.037593984962406	16
400	0.0375	16
401	0.0374064837905237	16
402	0.0373134328358209	16
403	0.0372208436724566	16
404	0.0371287128712871	16
405	0.037037037037037	16
406	0.0369458128078818	16
407	0.0368550368550369	16
408	0.0367647058823529	16
409	0.0366748166259169	16
410	0.0365853658536585	16
411	0.0364963503649635	16
412	0.0364077669902913	16
413	0.036319612590799	16
414	0.036231884057971	16
415	0.036144578313253	16
416	0.0360576923076923	16
417	0.0359712230215827	16
418	0.0358851674641148	16
419	0.035799522673031	16
420	0.0357142857142857	16
421	0.0356294536817102	16
422	0.0355450236966825	16
423	0.0354609929078014	16
424	0.035377358490566	16
425	0.0352941176470588	16
426	0.0352112676056338	16
427	0.0351288056206089	16
428	0.0350467289719626	16
429	0.034965034965035	16
430	0.0348837209302326	16
431	0.0348027842227378	16
432	0.0347222222222222	16
433	0.0346420323325635	16
434	0.0345622119815668	16
435	0.0344827586206897	16
436	0.0344036697247706	16
437	0.034324942791762	16
438	0.0342465753424658	16
439	0.0341685649202733	16
440	0.0340909090909091	16
441	0.0340136054421769	16
442	0.0339366515837104	16
443	0.0338600451467269	16
444	0.0337837837837838	16
445	0.0337078651685393	16
446	0.0336322869955157	16
447	0.0335570469798658	16
448	0.0334821428571429	16
449	0.0334075723830735	16
450	0.0333333333333333	16
451	0.0332594235033259	16
452	0.0331858407079646	16
453	0.033112582781457	16
454	0.0330396475770925	16
455	0.032967032967033	16
456	0.0328947368421053	16
457	0.0328227571115974	16
458	0.0327510917030568	16
459	0.0326797385620915	16
460	0.0326086956521739	16
461	0.0325379609544469	16
462	0.0324675324675325	16
463	0.0323974082073434	16
464	0.0323275862068966	16
465	0.032258064516129	16
466	0.0321888412017167	16
467	0.0321199143468951	16
468	0.032051282051282	16
469	0.0319829424307036	16
470	0.0319148936170213	16
471	0.0318471337579618	16
472	0.0317796610169492	16
473	0.0317124735729387	16
474	0.0316455696202532	16
475	0.0315789473684211	16
476	0.0315126050420168	16
477	0.0314465408805031	16
478	0.0313807531380753	16
479	0.0313152400835073	16
480	0.03125	16
481	0.0311850311850312	16
482	0.0311203319502075	16
483	0.031055900621118	16
484	0.0309917355371901	16
485	0.0309278350515464	16
486	0.0308641975308642	16
487	0.0308008213552361	16
488	0.0307377049180328	16
489	0.0306748466257669	16
490	0.0306122448979592	16
491	0.0305498981670061	16
492	0.0304878048780488	16
493	0.0304259634888438	16
494	0.0303643724696356	16
495	0.0303030303030303	16
496	0.030241935483871	16
497	0.0301810865191147	16
498	0.0301204819277108	16
499	0.030060120240481	16
500	0.03	16
501	0.029940119760479	16
502	0.0298804780876494	16
503	0.0298210735586481	16
504	0.0297619047619048	16
505	0.0297029702970297	16
506	0.0296442687747036	16
507	0.029585798816568	16
508	0.0295275590551181	16
509	0.0294695481335953	16
510	0.0294117647058824	16
511	0.0293542074363992	16
512	0.029296875	16
513	0.0292397660818713	16
514	0.0291828793774319	16
515	0.029126213592233	16
516	0.0290697674418605	16
517	0.0290135396518375	16
518	0.028957528957529	16
519	0.0289017341040462	16
520	0.0288461538461538	16
521	0.0287907869481766	16
522	0.028735632183908	16
523	0.0286806883365201	16
524	0.0286259541984733	16
525	0.0285714285714286	16
526	0.0285171102661597	16
527	0.0284629981024668	16
528	0.0284090909090909	16
529	0.0283553875236295	16
530	0.0283018867924528	16
531	0.0282485875706215	16
532	0.0281954887218045	16
533	0.0281425891181989	16
534	0.0280898876404494	16
535	0.0280373831775701	16
536	0.0279850746268657	16
537	0.0279329608938547	16
538	0.0278810408921933	16
539	0.0278293135435993	16
540	0.0277777777777778	16
541	0.0277264325323475	16
542	0.0276752767527675	16
543	0.0276243093922652	16
544	0.0275735294117647	16
545	0.0275229357798165	16
546	0.0274725274725275	16
547	0.0274223034734918	16
548	0.0273722627737226	16
549	0.0273224043715847	16
550	0.0272727272727273	16
551	0.0272232304900181	16
552	0.0271739130434783	16
553	0.027124773960217	16
554	0.0270758122743682	16
555	0.027027027027027	16
556	0.026978417266187	16
557	0.0269299820466786	16
558	0.0268817204301075	16
559	0.0268336314847943	16
560	0.0267857142857143	16
561	0.0267379679144385	16
562	0.0266903914590747	16
563	0.0266429840142096	16
564	0.0265957446808511	16
565	0.0265486725663717	16
566	0.0265017667844523	16
567	0.0264550264550265	16
568	0.0264084507042254	16
569	0.0263620386643234	16
570	0.0263157894736842	16
571	0.0262697022767075	16
572	0.0262237762237762	16
573	0.0261780104712042	16

Return to Figure 4

Appendix Figure 1: Average ACT Participation Rates

Year	Early-Adopters (CO [2002]/IL [2002]) Published Participation Rates	Early-Adopters (CO [2002]/IL [2002]) Participation Rates Constructed from Matched ACT-CCD Data	ACT States (excl. Early-Adopters) Published Participation Rates	ACT States (excl. Early-Adopters) Participation Rates Constructed from Matched ACT-CCD Data	Neighboring ACT States Published Participation Rates	Neighboring ACT States Participation Rates Constructed from Matched ACT-CCD Data
1994	65	60.6399	65.1304347826087	61.68269	66.4444444444444	62.91358
1996	63.5	59.8	64.1304347826087	60.39481	64.7777777777778	61.01782
1998	66	56.28275	67.8260869565217	57.10189	67.4444444444444	57.4594
2000	68	63.22649	70.2173913043478	61.26093	70.2222222222222	61.46684
2002	99	#N/A!	68.8260869565217	#N/A!	68.3333333333333	#N/A!
2004	99.5	101.6655	71.695652173913	60.25371	70	59.86119

Return to Appendix Figure 1

Appendix Figure 2: 2000 Enrollment Distribution by Selectivity

Selectivity Category	Percent of first-time freshmen enrollees in U.S. institutions in 2000
most competitive	2.5
highly competitive	5.1
very competitive	11.2
competitive	17.3
less competitive	7.5
noncompetitive	56.4

Return to Appendix Figure 2

Appendix Figure 3: Simulated Pass Rates for Compliers

c	Simulated share of CO compliers that pass	Simulated share of IL compliers that pass	Estimated share of CO compliers that attend competitive colleges	Estimated share of IL compliers that attend competitive colleges
0	0	0	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.01	0.152393	0.144269	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.02	0.314938	0.299377	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.03	0.487654	0.46016	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.04	0.660123	0.625341	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.05	0.8386	0.793474	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.06	1.0201	0.969596	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.07	1.201148	1.149131	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.08	1.392537	1.328817	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.09	1.583686	1.513899	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.1	1.775875	1.702314	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.11	1.973432	1.892605	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.12	2.175995	2.081204	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.13	2.378351	2.275643	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.14	2.588823	2.47344	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.15	2.799352	2.675502	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.16	3.010975	2.876224	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.17	3.228016	3.087151	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.18	3.446682	3.291638	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.19	3.6651	3.499047	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.2	3.886467	3.711948	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.21	4.11167	3.927562	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.22	4.338505	4.148794	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.23	4.566176	4.360844	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.24	4.799897	4.584319	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.25	5.033468	4.80616	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.26	5.27618	5.03266	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.27	5.521971	5.259306	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.28	5.771326	5.495131	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.29	6.016621	5.734559	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.3	6.263628	5.969392	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.31	6.513842	6.209754	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.32	6.759152	6.457819	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.33	7.013281	6.705825	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.34	7.275305	6.956468	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.35	7.536036	7.212378	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.36	7.800481	7.459691	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.37	8.076341	7.721605	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.38	8.347939	7.980665	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.39	8.630997	8.247474	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.4	8.905358	8.508346	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.41	9.182373	8.772688	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.42	9.474086	9.044348	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.43	9.757803	9.318311	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.44	10.049146	9.598077	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.45	10.34561	9.885353	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.46	10.628214	10.16246	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.47	10.930824	10.459077	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.48	11.237576	10.746668	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.49	11.531697	11.042872	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.5	11.846943	11.353655	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.51	12.173418	11.654209	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.52	12.49739	11.96357	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.53	12.820068	12.283092	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.54	13.144671	12.606711	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.55	13.47924	12.930467	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.56	13.821011	13.251285	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.57	14.155817	13.580437	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.58	14.518982	13.914348	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.59	14.882379	14.252983	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.6	15.24536	14.594824	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.61	15.621747	14.937336	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.62	15.990638	15.291458	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.63	16.360626	15.655556	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.64	16.748042	16.029567	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.65	17.142112	16.410601	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.66	17.526176	16.783042	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.67	17.933679	17.175051	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.68	18.325403	17.565684	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.69	18.744555	17.972222	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.7	19.166215	18.384314	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.71	19.590335	18.807029	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.72	20.046007	19.226225	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.73	20.505214	19.668493	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.74	20.974333	20.113314	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.75	21.451645	20.565185	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.76	21.930048	21.040965	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.77	22.436297	21.513	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.78	22.937552	22.000099	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.79	23.456998	22.503414	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.8	24.000745	23.026483	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.81	24.572919	23.577334	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.82	25.16439	24.132814	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.83	25.754305	24.695767	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.84	26.383402	25.288856	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.85	27.040685	25.889972	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.86	27.721716	26.517699	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.87	28.427326	27.208322	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.88	29.174056	27.918062	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.89	29.953912	28.6681	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.9	30.765396	29.463487	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.91	31.622124	30.305039	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.92	32.556107	31.203681	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.93	33.581235	32.188117	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.94	34.701075	33.244903	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.95	35.915749	34.415576	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.96	37.324263	35.786208	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.97	38.984443	37.403131	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.98	41.088818	39.438629	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
0.99	44.116507	42.336334	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556
1	61.514663	59.39736	8.72592582483021	9.44190575932556

Return to Appendix Figure 3

Appendix Figure 4: Effect of Mandates on Subcategories of Selective Enrollment, Allowing Phase In

Category (share of freshmen enrollment in category in the treatment states in 2000)	Effect on log first-time freshmen enrollment in category controlling for log overall enrollment ACT mandate in place less than 4 years lowerbound of 95% confidence interval	Effect on log first-time freshmen enrollment in category controlling for log overall enrollment ACT mandate in place less than 4 years main estimate	Effect on log first-time freshmen enrollment in category controlling for log overall enrollment ACT mandate in place less than 4 years upperbound of 95% confidence interval	Effect on log first-time freshmen enrollment in category controlling for log overall enrollment ACT mandate in place greater than or equal to 4 years lowerbound of 95% confidence interval	Effect on log first-time freshmen enrollment in category controlling for log overall enrollment ACT mandate in place greater than or equal to 4 years main estimate	Effect on log first-time freshmen enrollment in category controlling for log overall enrollment ACT mandate in place greater than or equal to 4 years upperbound of 95% confidence interval
Public In-State (23%)	0.012	0.065	0.118	-0.0025	0.104	0.2105
Private In-State (7%)	0.117	0.187	0.257	0.0845	0.436	0.7875
Public Out-of-State (5%)	0.018	0.099	0.18	0.219	0.357	0.495
Private Out-of-State (6%)	0.0415	0.152	0.2625	0.097	0.268	0.439

Return to Appendix Figure 4

^♣ This version is optimized for use by screen readers. Descriptions for all mathematical expressions are provided in LaTex format. A printable pdf version is available. Return to Text