ERIC Number: ED615215
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 69
Abstractor: ERIC
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Expanding Charter School Capacity: The Case of Propel Montour. Research Report. RR-A1184-1
Mariano, Louis T.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Pane, Joseph D.; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann
RAND Corporation
In fall 2017, Propel Schools initiated the expansion of one of its schools, Propel Montour. Originally a single K-8 school with two classrooms per grade, Montour added a new high school and expanded into separate elementary and middle schools over four years, adding a classroom to each grade. In this report, the authors used difference-in-difference and doubly robust regression models to examine the academic and behavioral experiences of both continuing and expansion Montour students from fall 2017 through the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in spring 2020. The analyses did not find evidence that the academic and behavioral experiences of either the continuing or expansion students fell below what would have been expected absent expansion. Although the expansion experiences of a single charter management organization (CMO) network might be idiosyncratic to that entity and the locale and population it serves, this report should be of interest to similarly structured CMOs, the organizations from which they might seek expansion funding, those involved in school choice policy, and state and local education leaders and policymakers. [This report was supported through a subcontract with Propel Schools Foundation.]
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Expansion, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior, Attendance, Discipline, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Achievement Tests, High School Students
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
Audience: Administrators; Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: RAND Education and Labor
Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Measures of Academic Progress; Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
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