Most GoCPS applicants received an offer from a program they ranked: 93 percent in round 1 (51 percent at their top choice) and 85 percent in round 2 (61 percent at their top choice)¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · checked against its sources 2026-10-08 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2021: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In round 1, 93 percent of applicants received an offer at a ranked program; for 51 percent it was their most-preferred program and 81 percent received one of their top three. → Lisa Barrow 2018 q2 i? In round 2, 85 percent of roughly 4,300 applicants received an offer at a ranked program; 61 percent at their highest-ranked program and 82 percent in their top three. → Lisa Barrow 2018 (2)

Evidence¶

Lisa Barrow 2018¶

Lisa Barrow, Lauren Sartain, & Marisa de la Torre. (2018). GoCPS: A First Look at Applications and Offers. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/gocps-first-look-applications-and-offers

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive analysis of round 1 offer outcomes from GoCPS selection data. The paper reports 93 percent received a ranked-program offer, "For 51 percent, the offer was for their most -preferred program," and 81 percent within their top three.

"Almost all applicants from round 1 (93 percent) received an offer at a program they ranked on their application. For 51 percent, the offer was for their most -preferred program; 81 percent received an offer from one of their top three-ranked programs."

Lisa Barrow 2018 (2)¶

Lisa Barrow, Lauren Sartain, & Marisa de la Torre. (2018). GoCPS: A First Look at Applications and Offers. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/gocps-first-look-applications-and-offers

q2 · i? · design · r2

Descriptive analysis of round 2 offer outcomes. The paper reports 85 percent of roughly 4,300 round 2 applicants received a ranked-program offer, 61 percent at their highest-ranked program and 82 percent within their top three.

"Of the roughly 4,300 applicants who participated in round 2, 85 percent received an offer at a program they ranked on their application."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Most GoCPS applicants received an offer from a preferred program: 51 percent from their top-ranked and 81 percent from a top-three ranked choice program — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Students found the GoCPS application platform logistically easy to use, but applications to schools with additional requirements caused difficulties — related
• Top-ranked program choices differed by student background: low-performing students were nearly three times as likely as high-performing students to rank a charter program first, and IB programs were most popular among high-performing students — related
• Ninth-grade enrollment overall and by school type and accountability rating stayed relatively stable after GoCPS implementation — related