Charter middle school admission did not affect college degree attainment or students' chances of remaining enrolled in college¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr?·q3
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? Charter school admission did not affect degree attainment or students' chances of remaining enrolled in college. → 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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The same lottery-based study comparing 1,723 lottery winners offered admission with 1,150 lottery losers reports that "Charter school admission did not affect degree attainment or students’ chances of remaining enrolled in college." No effect size is printed in the highlights.
"Charter school admission did not affect degree attainment or students’ chances of remaining enrolled in college."
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
- Admission to a charter middle school does not affect college enrollment, per a lottery-based study of 31 charter middle schools — 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)
- KIPP middle school offers did not produce higher five-year four-year graduation or on-track rates than no offer — related
- Attending both a KIPP middle school and a KIPP high school had large positive impacts on college enrollment and persistence — 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
- 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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Charter middle school admission did not affect college degree attainment or students' chances of remaining enrolled in college |
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Charter middle school admission did not affect college degree attainment or students' chances of remaining enrolled in college |
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2019 |
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1 — kate-place-2019 |
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