ERIC Number: ED630053
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-May-19
Pages: 29
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Virtual Charter Students Have Worse Labor Market Outcomes as Young Adults. Technical Report
Yoo, Paul Y.; Domina, Thurston; McEachin, Andrew; Clark, Leah; Hertenstein, Hannah; Penner, Andrew M.
National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice
Virtual charter schools are increasingly popular, yet there is no research on the long-term outcomes of virtual charter students. We link statewide education records from Oregon with earnings information from IRS records housed at the U.S. Census Bureau to provide evidence on how virtual charter students fare as young adults. Virtual charter students have substantially worse high school graduation rates, college enrollment rates, bachelor's degree attainment, employment rates, and earnings than students in traditional public schools. Although there is growing demand for virtual charter schools, our results suggest that students who enroll in virtual charters may face negative long-term consequences.
Descriptors: Young Adults, Charter Schools, Virtual Schools, Outcomes of Education, Income, Secondary Education, Graduation Rate, College Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Labor Market, Control Groups, Education Work Relationship, Grade 9, Academic Achievement
National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice. 1555 Poydras Street Suite 700, New Orleans, LA 70112. Tel: 870-540-6576; e-mail: info@reachcentered.org; Web site: https://reachcentered.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH); Institute of Education Sciences (ED); International Academy of Education (Belguim)
Authoring Institution: National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH)
Identifiers - Location: Oregon
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01HD094007; R305C180025