The Effect Of Residential School Choice On Public High School Graduation Rates Education Working Paper

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The Effect of Residential School Choice on Public High School Graduation Rates. Education Working Paper

Author : Jay P. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Effect of Residential School Choice on Public High School Graduation Rates. Education Working Paper written by Jay P. Greene and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study evaluates the effect that the size of a state's school districts has on public high school graduation rates. The authors calculate the graduation rate over the last decade and examine the relationship between these graduation rates and changes in each state's average school district size. The study finds that decreasing the size of school districts has a substantial and statistically significant positive effect on graduation rates. Conversely, consolidation of school districts into larger units leads to more students dropping out of high school. The results of the analysis indicate that decreasing the average size of a state's school districts by 200 square miles leads to an increase of about 1.7 percentage points in its graduation rate. This finding is particularly important for states with very large school districts. For example, if Florida decreased the size of its school districts to the national median, it would increase its graduation rate from 59% to 64%. Decreasing the size of school districts could improve educational outputs, including graduation rates, because it would increase the choice that parents have in the school system that educates their child. By making it easier to relocate from one school system's jurisdiction to the next, smaller school districts make it possible for a larger number of families to exercise choice among different school districts. The more families are able to move from district to district, the less students can be taken for granted by schools, which, for a variety of reasons, don't want to lose enrollment. This study provides empirical evidence that increasing the choice parents have in their child's school district contributes to higher public high school graduation rates. (Contains 4 tables and 23 endnotes.).

School Choice

Author : Herbert J. Walberg
Publisher : Cato Institute
ISBN 13 : 1933995041
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book School Choice written by Herbert J. Walberg and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2007 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School Choice: The Findings is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey available, summarizing the research on charter schools, vouchers, and public versus private school effectiveness, from one of the country's most distinguished education scholars. The focus is on rigorous studies' those using randomized control groups (as in medical research), those that monitor achievement changes over time, and those based on large numbers of students.

The Impact of School Choice on Student Outcomes

Author : Julie Berry Cullen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Impact of School Choice on Student Outcomes written by Julie Berry Cullen and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current education reform proposals involve improving educational outcomes through forms of market-based competition and expanded parental choice. In this paper, we explore the impact of choice through open enrollment within the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Roughly half of the students within CPS opt out of their assigned high school to attend other neighborhood schools or special career academies and magnet schools. Access to school choice dramatically increases student sorting by ability relative to neighborhood assignment. Students who opt out are more likely to graduate than observationally similar students who remain at their assigned schools. However, with the exception of those attending career academies, the gains appear to be largely spurious driven by the fact that more motivated students are disproportionately likely to opt out. Students with easy geographical access to a range of schools other than career academies (who presumably have a greater degree of school choice) are no more likely to graduate on average than students in more isolated areas. We find no evidence that this finding can be explained by negative spillovers to those who remain that mask gains to those who travel. Open enrollment apparently benefits those students who take advantage of having access to vocational programs without harming those who do not.

The Economics of School Choice

Author : Caroline M. Hoxby
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226355349
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Economics of School Choice written by Caroline M. Hoxby and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared school voucher programs constitutional, the many unanswered questions concerning the potential effects of school choice will become especially pressing. Contributors to this volume draw on state-of-the-art economic methods to answer some of these questions, investigating the ways in which school choice affects a wide range of issues. Combining the results of empirical research with analyses of the basic economic forces underlying local education markets, The Economics of School Choice presents evidence concerning the impact of school choice on student achievement, school productivity, teachers, and special education. It also tackles difficult questions such as whether school choice affects where people decide to live and how choice can be integrated into a system of school financing that gives children from different backgrounds equal access to resources. Contributors discuss the latest findings on Florida's school choice program as well as voucher programs and charter schools in several other states. The resulting volume not only reveals the promise of school choice, but examines its pitfalls as well, showing how programs can be designed that exploit the idea's potential but avoid its worst effects. With school choice programs gradually becoming both more possible and more popular, this book stands out as an essential exploration of the effects such programs will have, and a necessary resource for anyone interested in the idea of school choice.

Schooling and the Politics of Disaster

Author : Kenneth J. Saltman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135910715
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Schooling and the Politics of Disaster written by Kenneth J. Saltman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schooling and the Politics of Disaster is the first volume to address how disaster is being used for a radical social and economic reengineering of education. From the natural disasters of the Asian tsunami and the hurricanes in the Gulf Coast, to the human-made disasters in Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Sudan, Indonesia, the United States and around the globe, disaster is increasingly shaping policy and politics. This groundbreaking collection explores how education policy is being reshaped by disaster politics. Noted scholars in education and sociology tackle issues as far-ranging as No Child Left Behind, the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the making of educational funding crises in the US, and the Iraq War to bring to light a disturbing new phenonmemon in educational policy.

Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the United States. Education Working Paper

Author : Jay P. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the United States. Education Working Paper written by Jay P. Greene and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students who fail to graduate high school prepared to attend a four-year college are much less likely to gain full access to our country's economic, political, and social opportunities. In this study, the authors estimate the percentage of students in the public high school class of 2001 who actually possess the minimum qualifications for applying to four-year colleges. Estimates are broken down by racial and ethnic group, as well as by region and state. To be "college ready," students must pass three crucial hurdles: they must graduate from high school, they must have taken certain courses in high school that colleges require for the acquisition of necessary skills, and they must demonstrate basic literacy skills. Nationally, only 32% of students in the Class of 2001 were found to be college ready, with significantly lower rates for black and Hispanic students. This suggests that the main reason these groups are underrepresented in college admissions is that they are not acquiring college-ready skills in the K-12 system, rather than inadequate financial aid or affirmative action policies. Reform of the K-12 education system is essential to improving college access for these groups. The following tables are appended: (1) High School Graduation Rate by State and Race; (2) Ranking of States by High School Graduation Rate; (3) Ranking of States by White High School Graduation Rate; (4) Ranking of States by Black High School Graduation Rate; (5) Ranking of States by Hispanic High School Graduation Rate; (6) Ranking of States by Asian High School Graduation Rate; (7) Ranking of States by American Indian High School Graduation Rate; (8) Proportion of All Students Who Graduate with College-Ready Transcripts; (9) College Readiness Rate; and (10) Comparison of Overall, College-Ready, and College-Entering Populations in 2000. (Contains 10 tables and 12 endnotes.).

The Effect of School Choice on Student Outcomes

Author : Julie Berry Cullen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book The Effect of School Choice on Student Outcomes written by Julie Berry Cullen and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School choice has become an increasingly prominent strategy for urban school districts seeking to enhance academic achievement. Evaluating the impact of such programs is complicated by the fact that a highly select sample of students takes advantage of these programs. To overcome this difficulty, we exploit randomized lotteries that determine high school admission in the Chicago Public Schools. Surprisingly, we find little evidence that attending sought after programs provides any benefit on a wide variety of traditional academic measures, including standardized test scores, attendance rates, course-taking, and credit accumulation. This is true despite the fact that those students who win the lotteries attend better high schools along a number of dimensions, including higher peer achievement levels, higher peer graduation rates, and lower levels of poverty. We do, however, uncover evidence that attendance at such schools may improve a subset of non-traditional outcome measures, such as self-reported disciplinary incidences and arrest rates.

Pushed Out Or Pulled Up?

Author : Jay P. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Pushed Out Or Pulled Up? written by Jay P. Greene and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To ensure that students who receive high school diplomas meet basic thresholds of academic proficiency and job readiness, 24 states have adopted exit exams that students must pass to graduate. Opponents of these exams complain that they drive already-low graduation rates downward. They argue that raising the bar for graduation forces many students, minority students in particular, to drop out. This study uses two highly respected graduation rate calculations to evaluate what effect high school exit exams have on graduation rates. The results for both graduation rate calculations show that adopting a high school exit exam has no effect on a state's graduation rate. The analyses also show that neither reducing class sizes nor increasing education spending leads to higher graduation rates.

Assessing Student Achievement

Author : Christopher Deneen
Publisher : R & L Education
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessing Student Achievement written by Christopher Deneen and published by R & L Education. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engage and Inspire through active learning with Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, the acknowledged leader of active learning and student success. This flagship book's new edition helps students examine their own personal studying and learning styles with several new pedagogical aids -- encouraging students to apply what they are learning to their everyday lives. Through its welcoming voice, Psychology In Action continues to offer a program through the book and media with ongoing study tips and psychological techniques for mastering the material as well as integration of technology through WileyPLUS. Additionally, author Karen Huffman has created a new Video Tutorial Series explaining and contextualizing over 80 of the most difficult concepts in introductory psychology by using examples and applications not discussed in the text; hands-on demonstrations developed in the author's classroom; and "virtual field trips" in which students see psychology in real world settings. Psychology in Action is available in alternate versions (eBooks and custom) for professors and students. For more information, visit the "Instructor's Resource" tab or "Student Resource" tab below.

The Measure of America, 2010-2011

Author : Kristen Lewis
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814783791
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book The Measure of America, 2010-2011 written by Kristen Lewis and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume is based on the groundbreaking American Human Development Index, which provides a single measure of well-being for all Americans, broken down by state and congressional district, as well as by race, gender, and ethnicity. The Index rankings of the 50 states and 435 congressional districts reveal huge disparities in the health, education, and standard of living of different groups.

How America Graduated from High School, 1910 to 1960

Author : Claudia Dale Goldin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How America Graduated from High School, 1910 to 1960 written by Claudia Dale Goldin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Encyclopedia of Education

Author :
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080448941
Total Pages : 6964 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Education written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-04-17 with total page 6964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of education has experienced extraordinary technological, societal, and institutional change in recent years, making it one of the most fascinating yet complex fields of study in social science. Unequalled in its combination of authoritative scholarship and comprehensive coverage, International Encyclopedia of Education, Third Edition succeeds two highly successful previous editions (1985, 1994) in aiming to encapsulate research in this vibrant field for the twenty-first century reader. Under development for five years, this work encompasses over 1,000 articles across 24 individual areas of coverage, and is expected to become the dominant resource in the field. Education is a multidisciplinary and international field drawing on a wide range of social sciences and humanities disciplines, and this new edition comprehensively matches this diversity. The diverse background and multidisciplinary subject coverage of the Editorial Board ensure a balanced and objective academic framework, with 1,500 contributors representing over 100 countries, capturing a complete portrait of this evolving field. A totally new work, revamped with a wholly new editorial board, structure and brand-new list of meta-sections and articles Developed by an international panel of editors and authors drawn from senior academia Web-enhanced with supplementary multimedia audio and video files, hotlinked to relevant references and sources for further study Incorporates ca. 1,350 articles, with timely coverage of such topics as technology and learning, demography and social change, globalization, and adult learning, to name a few Offers two content delivery options - print and online - the latter of which provides anytime, anywhere access for multiple users and superior search functionality via ScienceDirect, as well as multimedia content, including audio and video files

Public High School Graduation and College-readiness Rates, 1991-2002

Author : Jay P. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Public High School Graduation and College-readiness Rates, 1991-2002 written by Jay P. Greene and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Appendix to "How America Graduated from High School, 1910 to 1960"

Author : Claudia Dale Goldin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book Appendix to "How America Graduated from High School, 1910 to 1960" written by Claudia Dale Goldin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Understanding the Factors that Affect Graduation Rates in Public School Districts in the United States, and Improving Strategies Used to Raise Graduation Rates in the Los Angeles Unified School District

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Author : Julio A. Martinez (Graduate student)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Factors that Affect Graduation Rates in Public School Districts in the United States, and Improving Strategies Used to Raise Graduation Rates in the Los Angeles Unified School District written by Julio A. Martinez (Graduate student) and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graduation rates at public schools in the United States are not where they are supposed to be. The average national graduation rate is 84.6%. Public schools have struggled to raise graduation rates to 100% and to make sure students are getting the best education possible. High school dropouts usually have a difficult time finding a full-time job and earn considerably less in their lifetime than graduates do. As adults, they tend to need assistance with housing, food, and other vital necessities. Dropouts also tend to commit more crimes and have a higher chance of being incarcerated during their adulthood. Low graduation rates are attributable to factors inherent to students' socioeconomic backgrounds, behaviors, and choices, as well as challenges faced by the public school districts. The factors predicting academic failure among high school students are dynamically intertwined and co-dependent. Many policies have passed and failed or not done enough to raise graduation rates to the ultimate goal of 100%. This proposed study intends to shed light on the factors that affect graduation rates in the Los Angeles Unified School District and finding ways to improve the strategies that are currently being used to monitor and raise graduation rates. This paper will propose a two-phase mixed methods approach via an emailed or mailed survey to administrators, parents, and students querying their knowledge and opinion on the factors that affect graduation rates at their schools. Suggested improvements to strategies to raise graduation rates that are currently in place will be the result of the study.

Educational Attainment Effects of Public and Private School Choice

Author : Leesa Foreman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Educational Attainment Effects of Public and Private School Choice written by Leesa Foreman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two fastest growing school choice options are charter schools and private school voucher programs (independently, as tax credit scholarships, and as part of educational savings accounts). Most of the research assessing the effects of these programs focuses on student achievement. I review the literature to determine the impact public and private school choice programs are having on high school completion, college enrollment, and college persistence which, ultimately, may be different and of greater consequence than test scores. Furthermore, as educational attainment affects earnings and other life outcomes, those findings are reported when available. In sum, of the 12 studies presented it appears that school choice programs are having a positive effect on educational attainment overall, with similar results for both types of choice programs. However, there is too little research to draw firm conclusions at this time.

Education, Land, and Location

Author : Gregory K. Ingram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781558442894
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Education, Land, and Location written by Gregory K. Ingram and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Addresses links between K-12 education, location, and land, and effects on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic segregation; academic achievement; and equality of opportunity. Topics include: expanding school choice, charter schools, and homeschooling; property taxes, school finance, and alternative revenue sources; the structure of school districts; transportation to school; effects of school location; and the role of housing policies"--