I also find large and meaningful reductions in the percentage
of students at district schools who are required to repeat a grade as a result of charter school entry.
Together, this indicates that the positive spillovers of charter schools on nearby
students at district schools did not come at the detriment of students across the city.
These charges seemed odd, given that the best studies available on the subject — from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO)-- show that Michigan charter students make large academic gains relative to
similar students at district schools, particularly in Detroit.
In math, charter school entry increases performance among all subgroups of
students at district schools except Hispanic students and students classified as LEP, who experience no effects; Asian students only experience a significant positive effect in math in district schools located within a half - mile radius.
I investigate a number of possible mechanisms by which charter schools might
influence students at district schools by examining school - level data and survey results from parents and teachers.
Ben then takes issue with the growing consensus that charters work, by stating that students in urban charter schools «perform just about as well»
as students at district schools.
To assess the spillover effect of charter schools on
students at district schools, I analyze how individual students» test scores, attendance, and grade progression change in response to exposure to a charter school.
We'd be remiss if we didn't mention that WNYC recently did its own dive into the data to find out if charters or districts are better at retaining their students — and they found that in NYC, across all grades, a smaller percentage of charter students transferred out of their schools than did
students at district schools.
By February 16, 2018, and annually thereafter through February 14, 2020, the District, in collaboration with the working groups, will develop and provide informational programs for parents or guardians of
students at all District schools (parent programs) that will explain the disciplinary policies of the District in an easily understood manner.
Fortunately there have been 23 empirical studiesinvestigating the impact of school choice laws on
the students at district schools.
Raymond's Stanford - based organization, CREDO, finds that overall students in Los Angeles charter schools make greater gains on standardized tests in both math and reading than
students at district schools.