Charter high schools with strong academic reputations and safety records attracted students with higher eighth-grade test scores, attendance, and grades relative to their feeder pools¶
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q2 i? Incoming qualifications of charter enrollees related to school characteristics: schools with strong academic reputations and safety records enrolled students with higher eighth-grade indicators than their feeder pools compared with schools with weak reputations and safety records. → Gwynne 2017
Evidence¶
Gwynne 2017¶
Gwynne, J.A., & Moore, P.T. (2017). Chicago's charter high schools: Organizational features, enrollment, school transfers, and student performance. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://cps.edu/NewSchools/Pages/RFP2017.aspx
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Executive Summary report of the relationship between school characteristics (academic reputation, safety) and incoming qualifications of enrollees in the feeder-pool analysis, showing reputational and safety advantages attracted higher-scoring, higher-attending, higher-GPA students.
"Charter high schools with strong academic reputations and safety records were more likely to attract students with higher eighth-grade test scores, attendance, and grades, relative to their feeder pools, than charter high schools with weak academic reputa- tions and safety records."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Most CPS charter high schools enrolled students with eighth-grade test scores similar to or lower than their neighborhood feeder pools but with higher eighth-grade attendance — related
- After accounting for incoming academic achievement, neighborhood crime and poverty show effectively no relationship with school safety — related
- After two years, fewer graduates attended career academies and neighborhood high schools and more attended charter schools; these shifts were no different from comparison schools — related
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Charter high schools with strong academic reputations and safety records attracted students with higher eighth-grade test scores, attendance, and grades relative to their feeder pools |
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Charter high schools with strong academic reputations and safety records attracted students with higher eighth-grade test scores, attendance, and grades relative to their feeder pools |
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