Charter high schools have positive effects on educational attainment in Florida and Chicago¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr?·q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Attending charter high schools positively affects students' educational attainment in both Florida and Chicago. → Kevin Booker 2014
Evidence¶
Kevin Booker 2014¶
Kevin Booker, Brian Gill, Tim Sass, Ron Zimmer. (2014). Charter High Schools' Effects on Educational Attainment and Earnings (Issue Brief). Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/charter-high-schools-effects-on-educational-attainment-and-earnings
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Key finding of the issue brief, which reports a new analysis using data from Florida and Chicago; the brief states that "Charter high schools have positive effects on educational attainment in Florida and Chicago." No effect size is printed in the supplied text.
"Charter high schools have positive effects on educational attainment in Florida and Chicago."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Charter high school effects on attainment hold in both Chicago and Florida after controlling for prior charter middle school enrollment — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Charter high schools in Florida and Chicago showed substantial positive effects on both high school completion and college attendance — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- The study examines charter high school effects on educational attainment in two settings, Florida and Chicago — a broader claim this one bears on
- Charter school research has historically focused on test scores, with longer-term outcomes only recently examined — related
- Students attending charter high schools are more likely to persist in college — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- 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 narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Charter high school attendees experience higher earnings in their mid-20s — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Chicago charter high schools have large positive effects on earnings in adulthood — related
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Charter high schools have positive effects on educational attainment in Florida and Chicago |
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Charter high schools have positive effects on educational attainment in Florida and Chicago |
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2014 |
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2026-10-20 |
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