Demand for Rhode Island charter seats surged, with 30,000 applications submitted for 2,500 available seats in 2024–2025¶
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q2 i? As the Rhode Island charter sector became recognized for high standards, demand surged so that only a fraction of interested families can access charter schools. → Margaret E. Raymond 2025
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Margaret E. Raymond 2025¶
Margaret E. Raymond, PhD; Marzena Sasnal, PhD. (2025). The Impact of Rhode Island's Charter School Performance Review System on the Education Landscape. Center for Research on Education Outcomes, Stanford University. https://credo.stanford.edu/reports/item/rhode-island-2025/
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In the interview-based policy review, officials reported surging demand for charter seats: for the 2024–2025 school year, 30,000 applications were submitted for only 2,500 available seats, leaving the needs of many families unmet. These are descriptive figures; no effect size is reported.
"As the Rhode Island charter sector has become recognized for its high standards and quality instruction, demand for charter school seats has surged. For example, for the 2024–2025 school year, 30,000 applications were submitted for only 2,500 available seats."
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Related Claims¶
- National studies cited in the report found Rhode Island charter students outperformed traditional public school peers in reading and math — related
- The U.S. charter school sector has grown to more than 7,000 schools nationwide, prompting an active debate over charters' effects on the public school system and their regulation — related
- A larger share of Rhode Island charter schools outperform local options (43% reading, 57% math) than the national rates found in the 2013 CREDO Study (25% reading, 29% math) — related
- Charter attendance in Rhode Island is associated with positive, significant one-year growth gains in reading (0.16 SD) and math (0.15 SD) relative to matched TPS controls — related
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Demand for Rhode Island charter seats surged, with 30,000 applications submitted for 2,500 available seats in 2024–2025 |
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Demand for Rhode Island charter seats surged, with 30,000 applications submitted for 2,500 available seats in 2024–2025 |
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