Charter schools: A survey of research on their characteristics and effectiveness

D Epple, R Romano, R Zimmer - Handbook of the Economics of Education, 2016 - Elsevier
The charter school movement is nearing its 25th anniversary, making this an opportune time
to take stock of the movement by addressing the following questions: Where do charter …

Getting beneath the veil of effective schools: Evidence from New York City

W Dobbie, RG Fryer Jr - American Economic Journal: Applied …, 2013 - aeaweb.org
In this paper, we collect data on the inner-workings of 39 charter schools and correlate these
data with school effectiveness. We find that traditionally collected input measures—class …

[PDF][PDF] Identifying personal and contextual factors that contribute to attrition rates for Texas public school teachers

DA Sass, BB Flores, L Claeys, B Pérez - Education Policy Analysis …, 2012 - redalyc.org
Teacher attrition is a significant problem facing schools, with a large percentage of teachers
leaving the profession within their first few years. Given the need to retain high-quality …

Reimagining accountability in K–12 education

BP Gill, JS Lerner, P Meosky - Behavioral Science & Policy, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2002, American policymakers
have relied primarily on outcome-based accountability in the form of high-stakes testing to …

In pursuit of the common good: The spillover effects of charter schools on public school students in New York City

SA Cordes - Education Finance and Policy, 2018 - direct.mit.edu
A particularly controversial topic in current education policy is the expansion of the charter
school sector. This paper analyzes the spillover effects of charter schools on traditional …

Just out of reach? Unrestrained supply, constrained demand, and access to effective schools in and around Detroit

DS Edwards - Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Research concerning family preferences for schooling indicates that they value proximity to
home as much as academic quality when choosing schools. However, preferences for …

Can successful schools replicate? Scaling up Boston's charter school sector

SR Cohodes, EM Setren, CR Walters - American Economic Journal …, 2021 - aeaweb.org
Can schools that boost student outcomes reproduce their success at new campuses? We
study a policy reform that allowed effective charter schools in Boston, Massachusetts to …

The fiscal externalities of charter schools: Evidence from North Carolina

HF Ladd, JD Singleton - Education Finance and Policy, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
A significant criticism of the charter school movement is that funding for charter schools
diverts money away from traditional public schools. The magnitude of such adverse fiscal …

Fiscal and education spillovers from charter school expansion

M Ridley, C Terrier - Journal of Human Resources, 2023 - jhr.uwpress.org
Do charter schools drain resources and high-achieving peers from non-charter schools? We
provide new evidence on the fiscal and educational consequences of charter expansion for …

Horizontal differentiation and the policy effect of charter schools

M Gilraine, U Petronijevic, JD Singleton - American Economic Journal …, 2021 - aeaweb.org
While school choice may enhance competition, incentives for public schools to raise
productivity may be muted if public education is imperfectly substitutable with alternatives …