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Using the Multiple-Matched-Sample and Statistical Controls to Examine the Effects of Magnet School Programs on the Reading and Mathematics Performance of Students

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Yang, Yu N.; Li, Yuan H.; Tompkins, Leroy J.; Modarresi, Shahpar – Online Submission, 2005

This summative evaluation of magnet programs employed a quasi-experimental design to investigate whether or not students enrolled in magnet programs gained any achievement advantage over students who were not enrolled in a magnet program. Researchers used Zero-One Linear Programming to draw multiple sets of matched samples from the non-magnet…

Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Student Characteristics, Summative Evaluation