In a subsample of large urban districts, the average achievement of schools chosen by Title I school choice users was consistently higher than the average achievement of the schools they came from¶
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q2 i? Among choice-using students in the large urban district subsample, the schools chosen had consistently higher average achievement than the schools the students came from. → Brian Gill 2008
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Brian Gill 2008¶
Brian Gill, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Scott Naftel, Karen Ross, Mengli Song, Jennifer Harmon, Georges Vernez. (2008). Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, Volume IV, Interim Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Policy and Program Studies Service. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/title-i-school-choice-and-supplemental-educational-services
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Comparative finding from the report's subsample of large urban districts, contrasting the average achievement of chosen schools with that of origin schools for students using the school choice option; the report states the difference was "consistently higher" with no effect size printed.
"In a subsample of large urban districts, the average achievement of the schools chosen by students using the school choice option was consistently higher than the average achievement of the schools they came from"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Participants in both Title I options came from the disadvantaged populations NCLB targets — related
- Public school choice was constrained at the middle and high school levels because many districts have only one middle school and one high school — related
- Parents of students who used Title I school choice were largely satisfied with the new schools — related
- Most schools of choice in the United States are district-operated public options, and the neighborhood school is the preferred option for the vast majority of parents — related
- In 2004-2005, only about one percent of the nearly 6.2 million students eligible for Title I school choice used the option, while about 17 percent of eligible students used supplemental educational services — related
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In a subsample of large urban districts, the average achievement of schools chosen by Title I school choice users was consistently higher than the average achievement of the schools they came from |
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In a subsample of large urban districts, the average achievement of schools chosen by Title I school choice users was consistently higher than the average achievement of the schools they came from |
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