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Download full textAngrist, Joshua D.; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, Christopher R. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
This study uses entrance lotteries to explore heterogeneity in the achievement effects of charter schools across demographic groups and between urban and non-urban areas in Massachusetts. The authors develop a framework for interpreting this heterogeneity using both student- and school-level explanatory variables. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools
Direct linkAngrist, Joshua D.; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, Christopher R. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
Estimates using admissions lotteries suggest that urban charter schools boost student achievement, while charter schools in other settings do not. We explore student-level and school-level explanations for these differences using a large sample of Massachusetts charter schools. Our results show that urban charter schools boost achievement well…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Educational Philosophy, Mathematics Achievement
Nourse, Kenneth A. – College Board Review, 1973
At Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, students determine whether to accept themselves for admission under a negotiated admissions'' plan. (PG)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, College Admission, Higher Education
Johnson, Willard R. – 1973
Minority access to higher education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts falls short of its obligation by nearly 8,000 students. One barrier to minority student access is the location of the state colleges and community colleges, most of which are removed from urban centers where minority populations are concentrated. However extra effort,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
REYNOLDS, MAYNARD C., ED. – 1962
RESEARCH AND SCHOOL SYSTEM POLICIES ON EARLY ADMISSION ARE REVIEWED IN THIS PUBLICATION. ARTICLES INCLUDE (1) "THE EARLY ADMISSION ISSUE" BY MAYNARD C. REYNOLDS, (2) "REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON EARLY ADMISSION" BY MAYNARD C. REYNOLDS AND OTHERS, (3) "THE BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS PROGRAM OF EARLY ADMISSION TO KINDERGARTEN"…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Administration, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)
