ERIC Number: EJ1176276
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 21
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Does Choice Matter for School Choice? An Instrumental Variables Analysis of the Effect of Choice on Parental Satisfaction in Charter Schools
Journal of School Choice, v12 n2 p216-236 2018
I employ ordered probit regression and a new instrumental variable to compare the Fall 2015 parental satisfaction survey results of open-enrollment charters to district-conversion charters. Choice status in Arkansas charter schools is largely beneficial to parental satisfaction. Specifically, parents with children in open-enrollment charters had between a 17-percentage point and 32-percentage point higher likelihood of grading their current school as an A or responding as "Highly Satisfied" in six of nine quality categories. I find no evidence that parents rate the quality of schools similar to the analysts at the Arkansas Department of Education or that satisfaction differs in oversubscribed schools.
Descriptors: School Choice, Parent Attitudes, Satisfaction, Charter Schools, Parent Surveys, Comparative Analysis, Open Enrollment, Educational Quality, Regression (Statistics), Least Squares Statistics, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arkansas
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