PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Park, R. Jisung
TI  - Hot Temperature and High-Stakes Performance
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.57.2.0618-9535R3
DP  - 2022 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 400--434
VI  - 57
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/57/2/400.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/57/2/400.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2022 Mar 01; 57
AB  - Despite the prevalence of high-stakes assessments—and the growing likelihood of heat exposure during such assessments—the effect of temperature on performance has not yet been studied in such settings. Using student-level administrative data for the largest public school district in the United States, I provide the first estimates of temperature’s impact on highstakes exam performance and subsequent educational attainment. Hot temperature reduces performance by up to 13 percent of a standard deviation and leads to persistent impacts on high school graduation status, despite compensatory responses by teachers, who selectively upward manipulate grades after hotter exams.