Attending a charter high school is associated with a 7 to 15 percentage point higher likelihood of earning a standard diploma than attending a traditional public high school¶

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q2 i? Students who attend a charter high school are 7 to 15 percentage points more likely to earn a standard diploma than students who attend a traditional public high school, after controlling for demographics, prior test scores, and prior charter middle school enrollment. → Kevin Booker 2010

Evidence¶

Kevin Booker 2010¶

Kevin Booker, Tim R. Sass, Brian Gill, Ron Zimmer. (2010). The Unknown World of Charter High Schools. Education Next, vol. 10, no. 2. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/the-unknown-world-of-charter-high-schools

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Observational analysis of Chicago and Florida data estimating effects of charter high school attendance on attainment. The study reports that charter high school students are "7 to 15 percentage points more likely to earn a standard diploma" than traditional public high school students, controlling for key student characteristics. No standardized effect size is printed for this finding.

"Controlling for key student characteristics (including demographics, prior test scores, and the prior choice to enroll in a charter middle school), students who attend a charter high school are 7 to 15 percentage points more likely to earn a standard diploma than students who attend a traditional public high school."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Attending a charter high school is associated with an 8 to 10 percentage point higher likelihood of attending college — related
• Charter middle school students who attend a charter high school are 7 to 15 percentage points more likely to earn a standard diploma than those who transition to a traditional public high school — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Students attending charter high schools are more likely to graduate from high school and enroll in college — a broader claim this one bears on
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