Examining charter student achievement effects across seven states

Ron Zimmer; Brian Gill; Kevin Booker; Stéphane Lavertu; John Witte

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.05.005

Examining charter student achievement effects across seven states

Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Kevin Booker, Stéphane Lavertu, John Witte

Martin School of Public Policy and Administration

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Abstract

Since their inception, charter schools have been a lighting rod for controversy, with much of the debate revolving around their effectiveness in improving student achievement. Previous research has shown mixed results for student achievement; this could be the consequence of different policy environments or varying methodological approaches with differing assumptions across studies. In our analysis, we discuss these approaches and their assumptions and estimate charter school achievement effects using a consistent methodology across seven locations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-224
Number of pages	12
Journal	Economics of Education Review
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.05.005
State	Published - Apr 2012

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Financial support for the research was provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , the Joyce Foundation , and the William Penn Foundation .

Keywords

Charter schools
School choice
Student achievement

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Education
Economics and Econometrics

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