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Direct linkNichols-Barrer, Ira; Gleason, Philip; Gill, Brian; Tuttle, Christina Clark – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016
Skeptics of the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) charter school network argue that these schools rely on selective admission, attrition, and replacement of students to produce positive achievement results. We investigate this using data covering 19 KIPP middle schools. On average, KIPP schools admit students disadvantaged in ways similar to other…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Student Attrition, Middle Schools, Charter Schools
Download full textHaxton, Clarisse – Research for Action, 2011
Every fall, 8th graders in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) have the opportunity to apply to five district-managed high schools other than their own neighborhood school. One of the goals of Philadelphia's tiered system of neighborhood, citywide, and special admission high schools--many with specific curricular programs--is that students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Neighborhoods, High Schools, Neighborhood Schools
