Abstract: This study, recently published by the RAND Corporation, Mathematica, and Florida State University in Tallahassee, finds that public charter schools may improve graduation rates. Examining Chicago's multi-grade public charter high schools (those that include grades 6-12, 7-12, or K-12), the study's authors find that public charter schools appear to produce substantial positive effects on ACT scores, probability of graduating, and probability of enrolling in college. The large positive results suggest promise for multi-grade public charter high schools (and perhaps public charter high schools more generally) and demonstrate that evaluations limited to test scores may fail to capture important benefits of public charter schools.
Resource Type: Federal Research & Reports Resource Format: PDF File Target Audience: Authorizers, Founders, Administrators, Teachers, Parents, Policy Makers, Researchers Resource Topic: Accountability, Achieving Standards, Assessment
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