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Sass, Tim R.; Zimmer, Ron W.; Gill, Brian P.; Booker, T. Kevin – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016
Since their inception in 1992, the number of charter schools has grown to more than 6,800 nationally, serving nearly three million students. Various studies have examined charter schools' impacts on test scores, and a few have begun to examine longer-term outcomes including graduation and college attendance. This paper is the first to estimate…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Academic Persistence, Salaries, Outcomes of Education
Booker, Kevin; Gill, Brian; Zimmer, Ron; Sass, Tim R. – RAND Corporation, 2008
Chicago's "multi-grade" charter high schools (those that include middle school grades) appear to be increasing students' rates of graduation and college entry. The overall performance of Chicago's charter schools in raising student test scores is approximately on par with that of traditional public schools in Chicago. Charter schools…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Secondary Schools, Graduation Rate, Academic Achievement