Table 1

Descriptive Statistics: Exam and Student Variables

			Quantiles
Variable	Mean	SD	0.10	0.25	0.50	0.75	0.90
Panel A: Exam-Level Data (N = 1,950,618)
Exam score	72.31	19.02	47	63	75	86	94
Internal school score	78.51	14.65	60	70	80	90	96
Exam credit units	1.763	1.080	1	1	1	2	3
Retake exam	0.065	0.247	0	0	0	0	0
Exam preceding a retake	0.048	0.214	0	0	0	0	0
Failed exam	0.152	0.359	0	0	0	0	1
Days between exams (by student)	8.437	6.520	2	4	7	12	16
Panel B: Student-Level Data (N = 248,033)
1. Matriculation outcomes:
Obtained a matriculation diploma	0.748	0.434	0	0	1	1	1
Matriculation composite score	77.19	10.88	63	70	78	85	90
Total matriculation credit units	24.70	6.265	17	21	26	29	31
# Exams all high school years	13.03	4.099	8	11	13	16	18
# Exams 12th grade	7.880	2.667	4	6	8	10	11
2. Background characteristics:
Religiosity school	0.170	0.376	0	0	0	0	1
Female	0.546	0.498	0	0	1	1	1
Father’s years of education	12.02	4.756	7	11	12	15	17
Mother’s years of education	12.17	4.503	8	12	12	15	17
Number of siblings	1.175	1.256	0	0	1	2	3
Native	0.810	0.392	0	1	1	1	1
Former Soviet Union ethnicity	0.188	0.390	0	0	0	0	1
Asia–Africa ethnicity	0.237	0.425	0	0	0	0	1
Europe–America ethnicity	0.132	0.338	0	0	0	0	1
Ethiopian ethnicity	0.017	0.131	0	0	0	0	0

Notes: The table reports descriptive statistics for the sample of all 12th-grade students in the regular Jewish state system who took matriculation exams during the years 2001–2005. Means and standard deviations for exam-level data are reported in Panel A for 1,950,618 exams; means and standard deviations for student-level data are reported in Panel B for 248,033 students.