Enrollment policies forcing small schools to accept unassigned neighborhood students constrained the benefits of choice and pushed freshman enrollment above the 125-student cap¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2004 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2007: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Small schools felt forced to accept neighborhood students who did not choose them, constraining choice benefits and raising freshman enrollment above the stipulated upper limit. → Sporte 2004

Evidence¶

Sporte 2004¶

Sporte, S. E., Kahne, J., & Correa, M. (2004). Notes from the Ground: Teachers, principals, and students' perspectives on the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative, year two. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/notes-ground-teachers-principals-and-students-perspectives-chicago-high-school-redesign

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Finding from principal and teacher interviews in the 2004 study; 125 was the policy upper limit on freshman enrollment. Students gave reasons like "My counselor made me" for attendance.

"The small schools felt forced to accept all students living in their neighborhoods, even those who did not actively choose their school. This constrained the benefits of choice and resulted in freshman enrollment that often exceeded 125 students"

Discussion¶

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