Effects of Scaling Up Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students
David N. Figlio, Cassandra M.D. Hart & Krzysztof Karbownik
Working Paper 26758
DOI 10.3386/w26758
Issue Date February 2020
Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and a student fixed effect design, we explore how the massive scale-up of a Florida private school choice program affected public school students’ outcomes. Expansion of the program produced modestly larger benefits for students attending public schools that had a larger initial degree of private school options, measured prior to the introduction of the voucher program. These benefits include higher standardized test scores and lower absenteeism and suspension rates. Effects are particularly pronounced for lower-income students, but results are positive for more affluent students as well.
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The Medium-Term Impacts of High-Achieving Charter Schools
Will Dobbie Princeton University, EdLabs, and NBERRoland
G. Fryer, Jr.Harvard University, EdLabs, and NBER
January 6, 2014
Abstract Using survey data from the Promise Academy in the Harlem Children’s Zone, collected for the purposes of this study, we estimate the effects of high-performing charter schools on human capital, risky behaviors, and health outcomes. Six years after the random admissions lottery,youth offered admission to the Promise Academy middle school score 0.279 (0.073) standard deviations higher on academic achievement outcomes, 0.067 (0.076) standard deviations higher on an index of academic attainment, and 0.313 (0.091) standard deviations higher on a measure of “on-time” benchmarks. Admitted females are 10.1 percentage points less likely to be pregnant in their teens, and males are 4.4 percentage points less likely to be incarcerated. We find little impact of the Promise Academy on self-reported health. These effects are larger than those expected from test score increases alone, implying that high achieving charter schools alter more than cognitive ability
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Private School Choice and Character: More Evidence from Milwaukee
EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-03
48 Pages Posted: 26 Feb 2019
Corey DeAngelis Reason Foundation; Cato Institute; Educational Freedom Institute
Patrick Wolf University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Date Written: February 26, 2019
Abstract We examine the effects of Milwaukee’s school voucher program on adult criminal activity and paternity suits. Using matched student-level data, we find that exposure to the program in 8th or 9th grade predicts lower rates of conviction for criminal activity and lower rates of paternity suits by ages 25 to 28. Specifically, exposure to the MPCP is associated with a reduction of around 53 percent in drug convictions, 86 percent in property damage convictions, and 38 percent in paternity suits. The program effects tend to be largest for males and students with lower levels of academic achievement at baseline.
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