Because the students in this pool of applications differ (on average) only in where they were offered a place, researchers can make apples - to - apples comparisons to see how the students who are admitted
via lottery perform, compared to those who were not admitted.
Not exact matches
Warm results arrived this past winter in New York City from Stanford University economist Caroline Hoxby, who detailed how students winning slots
via lotteries in over-subscribed charters out -
performed applicants who remained in regular public schools.
To shed light on these questions, we studied Noble Street College Prep, a high -
performing no - excuses charter high school in Chicago where admission is granted
via randomized
lottery.