ERIC Number: ED636786
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Dec-7
Pages: 60
Abstractor: As Provided
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The Effects of Unified School Enrollment Systems on New Orleans Schools: Enrollment, Demographics, and Outcomes after the Transition to OneApp. Technical Report
Jane Arnold Lincove; Jon Valant
National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice
Unified enrollment (UE) systems were designed to improve efficiency, equity, and transparency in school choice processes, but research has focused on efficiency gains. This study examines whether moving from decentralized enrollment processes to UE mitigates or exacerbates racial segregation that often occurs in choice systems. Specifically, we examine a subset of charter schools in New Orleans that had enrolled disproportionately high numbers of white students prior to entering UE. We find that UE entry was associated with increased enrollment of nonwhite students in these schools without offsetting declines in white enrollment, facilitated by schools also increasing total enrollment after entering UE. We find no meaningful impacts of UE on school accountability measures, student or teacher mobility, or student discipline.
Descriptors: Enrollment, Student Placement, Algorithms, Educational Change, School Demography, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Racial Segregation, Charter Schools, White Students, Minority Group Students, School Choice
National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice. 1555 Poydras Street Suite 700, New Orleans, LA 70112. Tel: 870-540-6576; e-mail: info@reachcentered.org; Web site: https://reachcentered.org/
Related Records: ED636793
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); University System of Maryland (USM); Brookings Institution
Authoring Institution: National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH)
Identifiers - Location: Louisiana (New Orleans)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305C180025