No school type stood out on TAP performance, but charter schools had substantially lower dropout rates after controlling for incoming student characteristics¶

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q2 i? No particular type of school (neighborhood, vocational, charter or small, extended elementary, or selective admissions) was especially effective at improving TAP performance, with individual schools from each category standing out; however, charter schools had substantially lower dropout rates after controlling for incoming student characteristics, and selective admissions schools also did well. → Shazia Rafiullah Miller 2002

Evidence¶

Shazia Rafiullah Miller 2002¶

Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Elaine M. Allensworth, Julie Reed Kochanek. (2002). Student Performance: Course Taking, Test Scores, and Outcomes — The State of Chicago Public High Schools: 1993 to 2000. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/student-performance-course-taking-test-scores-and-outcomes

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School-by-school comparison of TAP performance and dropout rates across CPS high school types, controlling for the characteristics of incoming students. The report found no school type especially effective on the TAP, while "Charter schools had substan- tially lower dropout rates after controlling for the characteristics of their incoming students."

"No particular type of school (neighborhood, vocational, charter or small, extended elementary, or selective admissions) was especially effective at improving students’ performance on the TAP; individual schools from each category stood out."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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