Admission to a charter middle school does not affect college enrollment, per a lottery-based study of 31 charter middle schools¶
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q3 i? Being admitted to a charter middle school in the study did not affect college enrollment. → Kate Place 2019
Evidence¶
Kate Place 2019¶
Kate Place, Philip Gleason. (2019). Do Charter Middle Schools Improve Students' College Outcomes? (Study Highlights). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/do-charter-middle-schools-improve-students-college-outcomes-study-highlights
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Lottery-based study of students who entered admission lotteries at 31 charter middle schools across the United States; the study reports that "Being admitted to a charter middle school in the study did not affect college enrollment." No effect size is printed in the highlights.
"Being admitted to a charter middle school in the study did not affect college enrollment."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Charter middle schools' success in improving college outcomes was not related to their success in improving middle school achievement — related
- Comparing lottery winners and lottery losers offers a rigorous way to assess charter middle schools' effects on long-term college outcomes — related
- Being admitted to a charter middle school in the National Evaluation of Charter Middle Schools did not affect students' chances of enrolling in or completing college — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Charter middle school admission did not affect college degree attainment or students' chances of remaining enrolled in college — related
- Receiving an offer of admission to a KIPP middle school increases enrollment in 4-year college programs by 6.9 percentage points — related
- KIPP middle schools' positive effects extend to enrollment in 4-year college programs, not only middle school achievement — related
- A long-term tracking study follows 1,177 students who applied to 13 oversubscribed KIPP middle schools through 5th or 6th grade admissions lotteries in 2008 or 2009 to examine college enrollment and early college persistence. — related
- Enrolling at a KIPP middle school is associated with a 12.9 percentage-point higher rate of college enrollment — related
- KIPP middle school offers did not produce higher five-year four-year graduation or on-track rates than no offer — related
- Oversubscription is prevalent among charter middle schools, enabling lottery-based evaluation — related
- A lottery-based randomized experimental analysis confirms KIPP middle schools' positive impacts — related
- KIPP middle school admission offers had a positive but statistically non-significant effect on enrollment in four-year college programs — related
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Admission to a charter middle school does not affect college enrollment, per a lottery-based study of 31 charter middle schools |
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Admission to a charter middle school does not affect college enrollment, per a lottery-based study of 31 charter middle schools |
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2019 |
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