Charter high school students were more likely to transfer to another CPS high school than comparable non-charter students, and transfer rates were highest in low-performing or newly established charter schools¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2020: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Among students with typical eighth-grade skills entering high school in 2010-13, 24.2 percent of charter ninth-graders changed schools within three years versus 17.2 percent of non-charter students, after controlling for incoming characteristics. → Gwynne 2017 q3 i? Both low- and high-achieving charter students were more likely to change schools than comparable non-charter students, contradicting a counseling-out-only explanation; transfers were highest in low-performing or newly established charters. → Gwynne 2017 (2)

Evidence¶

Gwynne 2017¶

Gwynne, J.A., & Moore, P.T. (2017). Chicago's charter high schools: Organizational features, enrollment, school transfers, and student performance. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://cps.edu/NewSchools/Pages/RFP2017.aspx

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Chapter 4 transfer analysis of the primary sample of 103,506 first-time ninth-graders (2010-13) in 147 CPS high schools, 46 of them charters, using statistical models controlling for eighth-grade characteristics; charter transfers were 24.2 percent versus 17.2 percent.

"Among CPS students who entered high school in 2010-13 with typical eighth-grade skills, school experiences, and background charac- teristics, 24.2 percent of those who enrolled in a charter school in ninth grade changed schools at some point during the next three years, compared to only 17.2 per- cent of students who first enrolled in a non-charter high school."

Gwynne 2017 (2)¶

Gwynne, J.A., & Moore, P.T. (2017). Chicago's charter high schools: Organizational features, enrollment, school transfers, and student performance. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://cps.edu/NewSchools/Pages/RFP2017.aspx

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Chapter 4 finding that transfer likelihood held across achievement levels, addressing the counseling-out concern, with the highest transfer rates concentrated in low-performing or newly established charter schools.

"We found that both low- and high-achieving charter school students were more likely to change schools than non-charter students with comparable test scores. Transfer rates were highest for charter school students when they began high school in a low-performing or newly established charter school."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• 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 — related
• There was substantial variation among charter high schools on test scores, college enrollment, and college selectivity—more variation than among non-charter schools once incoming characteristics were controlled — related
• Most CPS charter high schools enrolled students with eighth-grade test scores similar to or lower than their neighborhood feeder pools but with higher eighth-grade attendance — related