TY - JOUR
T1 - Virtual Illusion
T2 - Comparing Student Achievement and Teacher and Classroom Characteristics in Online and Brick-and-Mortar Charter Schools
AU - Fitzpatrick, Brian R.
AU - Berends, Mark
AU - Ferrare, Joseph J.
AU - Waddington, R. Joseph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 AERA.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - As researchers continue to examine the growing number of charter schools in the United States, they have focused attention on the significant heterogeneity of charter effects on student achievement. Our article contributes to this agenda by examining the achievement effects of virtual charter schools vis-à-vis brick-and-mortar charters and traditional public schools and whether characteristics of teachers and classrooms explain the observed impacts. We found that students who switched to virtual charter schools experienced large, negative effects on mathematics and English/language arts achievement that persisted over time and that these effects could not be explained by observed teacher or classroom characteristics.
AB - As researchers continue to examine the growing number of charter schools in the United States, they have focused attention on the significant heterogeneity of charter effects on student achievement. Our article contributes to this agenda by examining the achievement effects of virtual charter schools vis-à-vis brick-and-mortar charters and traditional public schools and whether characteristics of teachers and classrooms explain the observed impacts. We found that students who switched to virtual charter schools experienced large, negative effects on mathematics and English/language arts achievement that persisted over time and that these effects could not be explained by observed teacher or classroom characteristics.
KW - CMOs
KW - EMOs
KW - achievement
KW - charter schools
KW - governance
KW - quasi-experimental methods/analysis
KW - school effects
KW - school/teacher effectiveness
KW - virtual schools
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U2 - 10.3102/0013189X20909814
DO - 10.3102/0013189X20909814
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081979222
SN - 0013-189X
VL - 49
SP - 161
EP - 175
JO - Educational Researcher
JF - Educational Researcher
IS - 3
ER -