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The Effects of Unified School Enrollment Systems on School Demographics and Outcomes: Evidence from New Orleans' Transition to a Centralized School Lottery
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Jane Arnold Lincove; Jon Valant – Grantee Submission, 2024
Unified enrollment (UE) systems were designed to improve efficiency, equity, and transparency in school choice processes, but research has focused on efficiency gains. This study examines whether moving from decentralized enrollment processes to UE mitigates or exacerbates racial segregation that often occurs in choice systems. Specifically, we…
Descriptors: Enrollment, School Demography, Selective Admission, Admission (School)
The Effects of Unified School Enrollment Systems on School Demographics and Outcomes: Evidence from New Orleans' Transition to a Centralized School Lottery
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Jane Arnold Lincove; Jon Valant – American Educational Research Journal, 2024
Unified enrollment (UE) systems were designed to improve efficiency, equity, and transparency in school choice processes, but research has focused on efficiency gains. This study examines whether moving from decentralized enrollment processes to UE mitigates or exacerbates racial segregation that often occurs in choice systems. Specifically, we…
Descriptors: Enrollment, School Demography, Selective Admission, Admission (School)
Setting Priorities in School Choice Enrollment Systems: Who Benefits from Placement Algorithm Preferences? Policy Brief
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Jon Valant; Brigham Walker – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2023
Many U.S. cities with school choice programs have adopted unified enrollment systems to manage their application and placement processes centrally. Typically, these systems use placement algorithms to assign students to schools. These algorithms make placements based on families' rank-ordered requests, seat availability in schools, and various…
Descriptors: School Choice, Enrollment, Student Placement, Algorithms
Setting Priorities in School Choice Enrollment Systems: Who Benefits from Placement Algorithm Preferences? Technical Report
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Jon Valant; Brigham Walker – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2023
Many cities with school choice programs employ algorithms to make school placements. These algorithms use student priorities to determine which applicants get seats in oversubscribed schools. This study explores whether the New Orleans placement algorithm tends to favor students of certain races or socioeconomic classes. Specifically, we examine…
Descriptors: School Choice, Enrollment, Student Placement, Algorithms
The Effects of Unified School Enrollment Systems on New Orleans Schools: Enrollment, Demographics, and Outcomes after the Transition to OneApp. Technical Report
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Jane Arnold Lincove; Jon Valant – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2023
Unified enrollment (UE) systems were designed to improve efficiency, equity, and transparency in school choice processes, but research has focused on efficiency gains. This study examines whether moving from decentralized enrollment processes to UE mitigates or exacerbates racial segregation that often occurs in choice systems. Specifically, we…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Student Placement, Algorithms, Educational Change