Open Enrollment in Massachusetts: Why Families Choose.

Fossey, Richard

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ERIC Number: EJ497084

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Publication Date: 1994

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Open Enrollment in Massachusetts: Why Families Choose.

Fossey, Richard

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v16 n3 p320-34 Fall 1994

This article describes a study of enrollment patterns under the Massachusetts open enrollment law as of fall 1992. Results from 33, districts with 20 or more school-choice transfers, show that families generally enroll children in schools with higher indicators of performance and higher socioeconomic status. (SLD)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Open Enrollment, Parent Attitudes, School Choice, Socioeconomic Status, State Legislation, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts

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