The Effects of Open Enrollment on School Choice and Student Outcomes. Working Paper 26

Autor/in	Ozek, Umut
Institution	Urban Institute
Titel	The Effects of Open Enrollment on School Choice and Student Outcomes. Working Paper 26
Quelle	(2009), (55 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Family (Sociological Unit); School Choice; Standardized Tests; Open Enrollment; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gains; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Scores; Incentives; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familie; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Open entry; Offenes Bildungssystem; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Anreiz; USA
Abstract	This paper analyzes households' response to the introduction of intra-district school choice and examines the impact of exercising this choice on student test scores in Pinellas County Schools, one of the largest school districts in the United States. Households react strongly to the incentives created by such programs, leading to significant changes in the frequency of exercising alternative public schooling options, as well as changes in the composition of the "opt out" students. However, using "proximity to public alternatives" as an instrument for opting out of the "assigned" public school, the author finds no significant benefit of opting out on student achievement. Also, the author finds those who opt out of their default public schools often perform significantly worse on standardized tests than similar students who stay behind. Results suggest that the short-run detrimental effects of opting out are stronger for students who opt out closer to the terminal grade of the school level, yet weaker for "disadvantaged" students, who typically constitute the proposed target of school choice reforms. (Contains 5 figures, 14 tables and 33 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. Tel: 202-261-5739; Fax: 202-833-2477; e-mail: inquiry@caldercenter.org; Web site: http://www.caldercenter.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10