Charter schools show favorable high school graduation and college-entry results suggesting possible long-term benefits¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Favorable high school graduation and college-entry results for charter schools suggest the possibility of long-term benefits. → Ron Zimmer 2009

Evidence¶

Ron Zimmer 2009¶

Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Kevin Booker, Stephane Lavertu, Tim Sass, John Witte. (2009). Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/charter-schools-in-eight-states-effects-on-achievement-attainment-integration-and-competition doi:10.7249/mg869

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The report's longitudinal student-level analysis across its eight study sites reports "favorable high school graduation and college-entry results" for charter schools, which the authors interpret as suggesting possible long-term benefits. No effect size is printed in the available text.

"but favorable high school graduation and college-entry results suggest the possibility of long-term benefits"

Discussion¶

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