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An Examination of Student Achievement in Michigan Charter Schools (2001)
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@MISC{Eberts01anexamination,
author = {Randall W. Eberts and Kevin M. Hollenbeck},
title = {An Examination of Student Achievement in Michigan Charter Schools},
year = {2001}
}
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Abstract
Since their inception in 1991, the number of and the student enrollment in charter schools have burgeoned. However, little attention has been paid to their effects on student achievement. Proponents hypothesize direct and indirect positive impacts of charter schools on student achievement. The direct effect is through the restructuring of teaching and learning processes. The indirect effect operates through peer effects on learning and through the market forces of competition. This paper focuses on student achievement in charter schools in Michigan. The analyses presented here suggest that students attending charter schools in Michigan are not reaching the same levels of achievement as students in traditional public schools in the same districts. Using several different models to estimate the difference between test score levels of students attending charter schools versus those from traditional public schools in the same districts, we find that students attending a charter school sco...
