Oversubscription is prevalent among charter middle schools, enabling lottery-based evaluation¶

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q2 i? A national study of charter schools found that oversubscribed charter middle schools are prevalent enough to support lottery-based research. → Christina Clark Tuttle 2011

Evidence¶

Christina Clark Tuttle 2011¶

Christina Clark Tuttle, Philip Gleason, Melissa Clark. (2011). Using Lotteries to Evaluate Schools of Choice: Evidence from a National Study of Charter Schools. Economics of Education Review, vol. 31, issue 2. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/using-lotteries-to-evaluate-schools-of-choice-evidence-from-a-national-study-of-charter-schools doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.07.002

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The article reports, from the National Evaluation of Charter School Impacts, "evidence on the prevalence of oversubscribed charter middle schools"; the abstract states the finding without printing counts or effect sizes.

"It presents evidence on the prevalence of oversubscribed charter middle schools and compares their features to charter schools that are not oversubscribed."

Discussion¶

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