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ERIC Number: ED598850
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-May
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Can Successful Schools Replicate? Scaling up Boston's Charter School Sector. NBER Working Paper No. 25796
Cohodes, Sarah; Setren, Elizabeth; Walters, Christopher R.
National Bureau of Economic Research
Can schools that boost student outcomes reproduce their success at new campuses? We study a policy reform that allowed effective charter schools in Boston, Massachusetts to replicate their school models at new locations. Estimates based on randomized admission lotteries show that replication charter schools generate large achievement gains on par with those produced by their parent campuses. The average effectiveness of Boston's charter middle school sector increased after the reform despite a doubling of charter market share. An exploration of mechanisms shows that Boston charter schools reduce the returns to teacher experience and compress the distribution of teacher effectiveness, suggesting the highly standardized practices in place at charter schools may facilitate replicability.
National Bureau of Economic Research. 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398. Tel: 617-588-0343; Web site: http://www.nber.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston)
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