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¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Admission to a study charter middle school did not change students' probability of enrolling in college. → Kate Place 2019 q3 i? Admission to a study charter middle school did not change students' probability of completing college. → Kate Place 2019

Evidence¶

Kate Place 2019¶

Kate Place, Philip Gleason. (2019). Do Charter Middle Schools Improve Students' College Outcomes? (Evaluation Brief). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Key finding of the brief, a longer-term follow-up of the National Evaluation of Charter Middle Schools examining admission to about 30 charter middle schools. The brief reports no significant effect on either college enrollment or college completion; no effect size is printed.

"Being admitted to a charter middle school in the study did not affect students’ chances of enrolling in or completing college."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Charter middle schools' success in raising middle school achievement was not related to their success in improving students' college enrollment and completion — related
• Admission to a charter middle school does not affect college enrollment, per a lottery-based study of 31 charter middle schools — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Charter middle school admission did not affect college degree attainment or students' chances of remaining enrolled in college — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• In the earlier National Evaluation of Charter Middle Schools, admission to about 30 charter middle schools produced no significant average effects on achievement, though some schools improved achievement — 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