ERIC Number: EJ1367118
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 32
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ISSN: ISSN-1558-2159
EISSN: EISSN-1558-2167
The Pre-Pandemic Growth in Online Public Education and the Factors That Predict It
Gratz, Trevor; Goldhaber, Dan; Brown, Nate
Journal of School Choice, v16 n3 p497-528 2022
While spring of 2020 introduced virtual instruction to all public schools, virtual schooling had already been growing in most states. We focus on pre-COVID-19 changes to full-time virtual school enrollment in public schools, and provide evidence on the relationship between virtual school enrollment, internet speed, community demographics, and traditional K-12 school achievement levels. We find negative associations between online enrollment and test achievement in brick-and-mortar schools, and low internet speeds. There is some evidence that students are less likely to enroll in virtual schools as the share of students of their own demographic in brick-and-mortar schools increases.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Enrollment, Public Schools, Internet, Demography, Achievement, Virtual Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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