If slots in oversubscribed schools were systematically allocated to the highest - risk students, the social cost of crime would fall by an additional 27 percent relative to the actual CMS assignment mechanism. (educationnext.org)
Waiting for «Superman,» a documentary chronicling the travails of five students seeking spots in heavily oversubscribed charter schools, drew rave reviews, star - studded premieres, and breathless talk of a new era of reform. (educationnext.org)
Indeed, the strength of the correlation between fluid cognitive skills and test - score growth in oversubscribed charter schools is statistically indistinguishable from the correlations we observe among students in open - enrollment district schools and exam schools. (educationnext.org)