Charter high schools in Florida and Chicago showed substantial positive effects on both high school completion and college attendance¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2008 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The study found substantial positive charter high school effects on both high school completion and college attendance in Florida and Chicago. → Kevin Booker 2008

Evidence¶

Kevin Booker 2008¶

Kevin Booker, Tim Sass, Brian Gill, Ron Zimmer. (2008). Going Beyond Test Scores: Evaluating Charter School Impact on Educational Attainment in Chicago and Florida. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/going-beyond-test-scores-evaluating-charter-school-impact-on-educational-attainment-in-chicago-and-florida

q2 · i? · associational · r?

The report's summary states the authors' overall finding that charter high schools in Florida and Chicago had "substantial positive effects on both high school completion and college attendance"; no effect size is printed for this summary statement.

"They found that these schools in Florida and Chicago had substantial positive effects on both high school completion and college attendance."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The study examines charter high school effects on educational attainment in two settings, Florida and Chicago — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Charter middle school students who attend a charter high school are 8 to 10 percentage points more likely to attend college than those who transition to a traditional public high school — related
• Charter middle school students who attend a charter high school are 7 to 15 percentage points more likely to earn a standard diploma than those who transition to a traditional public high school — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Charter high school attendees experience higher earnings in their mid-20s — related
• Students attending charter high schools are more likely to graduate from high school and enroll in college — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Students attending charter high schools are more likely to persist in college — related
• Charter school research has historically focused on test scores, with longer-term outcomes only recently examined — related
• Charter schools show favorable high school graduation and college-entry results suggesting possible long-term benefits — a broader claim this one bears on
• Attending a high school that reduces the fear of bullying raises students' graduation rates — related
• Charter high school students had comparable high school graduation but much higher four-year college enrollment, selective-college enrollment, and four-semester college completion than comparable non-charter students — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Escaping a bottom-tier school raises four-year graduation rates, by 10 percentage points for top-tier schools and 3 for mid-tier schools — related
• Math Corps students had much higher graduation rates than Detroit Public Schools students overall — related
• Charter high school effects on attainment hold in both Chicago and Florida after controlling for prior charter middle school enrollment — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• The brief suggests charter high schools may boost both postsecondary attainment and long-run earnings — a broader claim this one bears on
• Charter high schools are associated with increased postsecondary educational attainment and may boost students' long-run earnings, based on data from Florida and Chicago — a broader claim this one bears on
• Attending a charter high school is associated with an 8 to 10 percentage point higher likelihood of attending college — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Attending a charter high school is associated with a 7 to 15 percentage point higher likelihood of earning a standard diploma than attending a traditional public high school — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Charter high schools have positive effects on educational attainment in Florida and Chicago — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Chicago charter high schools have large positive effects on earnings in adulthood — related
• Chicago multi-grade charter high schools appear to produce substantial positive effects on ACT scores — related
• Chicago multi-grade charter high schools appear to increase the probability of enrolling in college — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Chicago multi-grade charter high schools appear to increase the probability of graduating high school — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• College Track completers enrolled in college at higher rates than similar students, and were much more likely to enroll in four-year colleges — related
• Evaluations of charter schools limited to test scores may fail to capture important benefits — related
• Attending a high school with higher social-emotional value-added increases students' likelihood of graduating and enrolling in a four-year college — related
• Early College high school students are significantly more likely than comparison students to graduate from high school, enroll in college, and complete college — related