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| Pub Number | Title |  Date |
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| WWC QR0912 | Quick Review: "The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City"
The study examines the effects of private school vouchers on college enrollment outcomes. The vouchers were given to low-income elementary-age students through the New York School Choice Scholarships Foundation (SCSF) program. The study found no differences of the offer of a school voucher on college enrollment; however, there was a positive impact of vouchers on college enrollment (part-time and full-time) for African-American students. In addition, the study reported that African-American students who were offered a school voucher had statistically significantly higher rates of attending a private 4-year university or a selective 4-year university. The study also found no statistically significant effects of school vouchers on any of the outcomes assessed for the subgroup of Hispanic students. |
9/18/2012 |
| NCES 2012046 | Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study
The Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study is a congressionally-mandated statistical report that documents the scope and nature of gaps in access and persistence in higher education by sex and race/ethnicity. The report presents 46 indicators grouped under seven main topic areas: (1) demographic context; (2) characteristics of schools; (3) student behaviors and afterschool activities; (4) academic preparation and achievement; (5) college knowledge; (6) postsecondary education; and (7) postsecondary outcomes and employment. In addition, the report contains descriptive multivariate analyses of variables that are associated with male and female postsecondary attendance and attainment. |
8/28/2012 |
| WWC SSRSC12 | WWC Review of the Report "Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts"
The 2012 study, Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts, examined the effect of non-profit charter-school management organizations (CMOs) on middle school student achievement, high school graduation rates, and post-secondary enrollment rates. CMOs operate multiple charter schools under a common structure and philosophy. The intervention sample included over 13,600 students who attended 68 middle schools operated by 22 CMOs and nearly 2,700 students who attended 13 high schools operated by six CMOs. The authors matched each CMO school student with similar students attending non-CMO public schools. Study authors measured the effectiveness of each CMO separately by comparing the outcomes of CMO school students with those of the non-CMO school students. The study found that the CMOs had no statistically significant impact on state assessments in math, reading, science, or social studies among middle school students. Among the high school sample, there was no statistically significant effect on graduation rates and rates of post-secondary enrollment. However, the average impact on the rate of post-secondary enrollment was substantively important. Researchers also reported impacts separately for each CMO and found substantial variation in the direction, magnitude, and statistical significance of the impacts. Although the study matched CMO school students to traditional public school students on observable characteristics, it is possible that there were other differences between the two groups that were not accounted for in the analysis but could have influenced student achievement. Therefore, the research described in this report meets WWC evidence standards with reservations. |
8/14/2012 |
| WWC SSRSC121 | WWC Review of the Report "Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Fifth Year Report"
The study examined the effectiveness of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), which provides vouchers for low-income students to attend private schools. In 2010, about 21,000 children participated in the MPCP, and the maximum voucher amount was nearly $6,500. The study estimated the effect of the voucher program by comparing over 600 MPCP students' standardized test scores in 2010--four years after they were given a voucher--with those of comparison group students. |
8/7/2012 |
| REL 2012023 | How California's Local Education Agencies Evaluate Teachers and Principals
This REL West Technical Brief, How California's local education agencies evaluate teachers and principals, summarizes the results of a statewide survey of teacher and principal evaluation practices across school districts and direct-funded charter schools in California. Key findings include:
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4/27/2012 |
| NCES 2012310 | 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey Public Charter School Analysis Restricted-Use Data File
This file contains additional data collected from public charter schools that are under the jurisdiction of a regular school district. These "district-type" items were not processed at the same time as the other 2007-08 SASS data. The data are weighted with public school weights appropriate for public charter schools. |
3/8/2012 |
| NCES 2012311 | Restricted-Use Public Charter School Analysis Data File User's Manual: 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey
Survey documentation for an additional data file issued after the release of the 2007-08 SASS data files. The Public Charter School Analysis data file contains additional variables not processed with the rest of SASS. This technical information is about all aspects of the public charter school analysis data file, from data collection through weighting. |
3/8/2012 |
| WWC QRTH0112 | WWC Quick Review of the Report "Transforming the High School Experience: How New York City’s New Small Schools Are Boosting Student Achievement and Graduation Rates"
The study examined whether winning an admissions lottery for a small school of choice improved high school students' progress toward graduation and graduation rates. |
1/31/2012 |
| WWC QRCS0911 | WWC Quick Review of the Report "Charter School Performance in Indiana"
Charter School Performance in Indiana is a study examining the effect of charter school attendance on annual student achievement growth in math and reading. The study analyzed data from a large sample of students in grades 4 through 9 in Indiana from 2004 to 2008. The authors matched charter school students to similar students attending traditional public schools based on test scores and demographic characteristics. The study found that charter school students’ annual math score growth and annual reading test score growth was slightly higher than a group of similar students attending traditional public schools. The study also found that, in general, charter school students with reading and math scores in the bottom half of the achievement distribution the previous year had significantly higher gains than their comparison counterparts. The research meets WWC research standards with reservations because the charter school students may have differed from the matched traditional public school students in ways not controlled for in the analysis. |
9/27/2011 |
| WWC QRDCSF0308 | Quick Review of the Report "Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Report"
The WWC quick review of the report "Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Report" examines a study on whether winning a lottery for the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which offers vouchers to students to attend private schools, improved low-income students' reading and math achievement and their probability of graduating from high school. Key outcomes were reading and math achievement on standardized tests for the full sample and, for a subset of 500 students scheduled to complete 12th grade by spring 2009, parent reports on whether their children earned a high school diploma. The study found that winning a lottery for a private school scholarship did not have statistically significant effects on reading and math achievement. However, students who won the scholarship lottery were significantly more likely to graduate from high school: 82% for the group that won the lottery compared with 70% for the group that lost the lottery, an effect size of 0.26. Similar results were found for the subset of students attending schools designated as “in need of improvement” under the No Child Left Behind Act when they applied for a scholarship. Winning the lottery did not have a statistically significant effect on reading or math achievement, but it increased the likelihood of high school graduation from 66% to 79%, an effect size of 0.28. The WWC rated the research described in this report as meeting WWC evidence standards. This study was equivalent to a randomized controlled trial because the groups of students contrasted in the study were formed by lottery. |
3/8/2011 |
| WWC QRMPC1214 | WWC Quick Review of the Report "The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Third Year Report"
The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Third Year Report—This study examined whether students in Milwaukee who use a voucher to attend private school have greater mathematics and reading achievement than students who attend public schools. This quick review has been updated with a revised WWC study rating based on information provided by the study authors regarding baseline equivalence of the analysis samples. The WWC study rating was changed to meets WWC Evidence Standards with Reservations. The study authors found no significant differences between math and reading achievement of students who used a voucher to attend private school and comparison students from Milwaukee Public Schools. |
12/14/2010 |
| WWC QRCSI0910 | The Evaluation of Charter School Impacts: Final Report
The WWC quick review of the report "The Evaluation of Charter School Impacts: Final Report" reviews a study that examined the effect of being offered enrollment at a charter middle school on student achievement and behaviors. The study analyzed data from two cohorts of more than 2,100 students in 29 sites across 15 states between 2005 and 2008. Enrollment offers at each charter school were granted by lottery. Student achievement was measured using state-level reading and math assessments that were standardized to ensure comparability across states. Other outcomes were obtained from school administrative records and from student and parent surveys. Study authors found that, on average, students admitted to charter middle schools through the lottery scored no differently on math and reading assessments than students not offered admission. These program impacts varied widely across study sites; some had positive outcomes and some had negative outcomes. The authors also found no significant overall effects on attendance, grade promotion, or student conduct. When comparing student and parent satisfaction, however, the authors reported consistent statistically significant positive results for students offered a spot in the charter schools. The WWC rated the research described in this report as meets WWC evidence standards, citing that it was a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. |
9/21/2010 |
| WWC QRCS0710 | WWC Quick Review of the Report "Charter School Performance in New York City"
"Charter School Performance in New York City" examined the effect of charter school attendance on annual student achievement growth in math and reading. The study analyzed data from a large sample of students in grades three through eight in New York City between 2003 and 2009. |
7/7/2010 |
| NCEE 20104029 | The Evaluation of Charter School Impacts: Final Report
Adding to the growing debate and evidence base on the effects of charter schools, this evaluation was conducted in 36 charter middle schools in 15 states. It compares the outcomes of 2,330 students who applied to these schools and were randomly assigned by lotteries to be admitted (lottery winners) or not admitted (lottery losers) to the schools. Both sets of students were tracked over two years and data on student achievement, academic progress, behavior, and attitudes were collected. The study is the first large-scale randomized trial of the effectiveness of charter schools in varied types of communities and states. Key findings include:
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6/29/2010 |
| NCEE 20104018 | Evaluation of the Impact of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Report
The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is the first federally funded voucher program in the United States, providing scholarships of up to $7,500 for low-income residents of the District of Columbia to send their children to local participating private schools. The congressionally mandated evaluation of the Program compared the outcomes of about 2,300 eligible applicants randomly assigned to receive or not receive an OSP scholarship through a series of lotteries in 2004 and 2005. This final report finds that the Program had mixed longer-term effects on participating students and their parents, including:
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6/22/2010 |
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