On average, lottery-based charter middle schools are neither more nor less successful than traditional public schools in improving student achievement¶

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Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Charter middle schools that hold lotteries show no average advantage or disadvantage over traditional public schools in improving student achievement. → Philip Gleason 2010

Evidence¶

Philip Gleason 2010¶

Philip Gleason, Melissa Clark, Christina Clark Tuttle, Emily Dwoyer. (2010). The Evaluation of Charter School Impacts. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/

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The report's headline experimental finding compares lottery-based charter middle schools with traditional public schools, stating they are "neither more nor less successful than traditional public schools in improving student achievement". No effect size is printed on this page.

"On average, charter middle schools that hold lotteries are neither more nor less successful than traditional public schools in improving student achievement, behavior, and school progress"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Lottery-based charter middle schools show no average difference from traditional public schools in student behavior and school progress — related
• Impacts of charter middle schools on achievement varied considerably across schools and students — related
• On average, charter middle schools' impacts on student achievement were negative but not statistically significant — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Charter middle school impacts were more positive for more disadvantaged schools and students and more negative for the more advantaged — related
• Oversubscribed charter middle schools differ in features from charter schools that are not oversubscribed — related
• A lottery-based randomized controlled trial of KIPP middle schools found statistically significant positive effects on state math and reading tests — reports the opposite
• Oversubscription is prevalent among charter middle schools, enabling lottery-based evaluation — related
• Charter schools, on average, show test-score impacts that are not substantially better or worse than conventional public schools — a broader claim this one bears on
• Neither the hopes of voucher and charter supporters nor the fears of skeptics have been realized, per the authors' synthesis — a broader claim this one bears on
• More than 1,000 charter schools show gap-busting progress with achievement exceeding state averages — reports the opposite
• Charter middle schools' success in improving college outcomes was not related to their success in improving middle school achievement — related
• A national randomized study of the impacts of charter schools on student achievement was conducted (2003-2010), prepared for the U.S. Department of Education — a broader claim this one bears on