ERIC Number: EJ1355615
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
Pages: 30
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
EISSN: EISSN-1935-1062
Informing School-Choosing Families about Their Options: A Field Experiment from New Orleans
Valant, Jon; Weixler, Lindsay H.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v44 n4 p608-637 Dec 2022
We conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of providing information to families as they choose schools. Likely applicants to prekindergarten, kindergarten, and ninth grade were assigned to one of three groups. A "growth" group received lists (via U.S. mail, email, and text message) of the highest performing schools they could request. A "distance" group received lists of schools in their home geographic zone. A "control" group did not see any schools highlighted. The growth treatment led applicants to request more high-growth schools, with the strongest effects for high school choosers and families of students with disabilities. In addition, applicants' first-choice requests appeared less malleable than their lower ranked requests. The distance treatment had only modest effects.
Descriptors: School Choice, High School Students, Parent Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Grade 9, Educational Policy, Urban Areas, Printed Materials, Information Sources, Educational Change, Admission (School)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 9; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana (New Orleans)
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