Graduation and enrollment trends vary by school type: non-charter non-selective schools caught up to charters on graduation, but charters and selective enrollment lead on college enrollment¶

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q2 i? Selective enrollment and charter schools saw larger four-year college enrollment increases than other schools: selective enrollment rose from 68 percent in 2006 to 78 percent in 2014, and charter graduates from 43 percent in 2009 to 57 percent in 2014, while other schools hovered around 31 percent. → Nagaoka 2016

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Nagaoka 2016¶

Nagaoka, J., & Healey, K. (2016). The educational attainment of Chicago Public Schools students: 2015: A focus on four-year college degrees. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/educational-attainment-chicago-public-schools-students-2015-focus-four-year-college

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Descriptive comparison of four-year college enrollment rates among graduates by school type, shown in Figure 5. The brief reports rates of all other schools have hovered around 31 percent, though rising graduation meant 750 more of these graduates enrolled in 2014 than 2006; no effect size is printed.

"The four-year college enrollment rate for selective enrollment gradu- ates increased from 68 percent in 2006 to 78 percent in 2014 (see Figure 5 ). Among charter school graduates, the rate increased from a low of 43 percent in 2009 to 57 percent in 2014."

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