Choosing Charters: Who Leaves Public School as an Alternative Sector Expands?

Autor/inn/en	Cowen, Joshua M.; Winters, Marcus A.
Titel	Choosing Charters: Who Leaves Public School as an Alternative Sector Expands?
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Finance, 38 (2013) 3, S.210-229 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-9495
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; School Choice; Public Schools; Transfer Students; Student Characteristics; Minority Group Students; Hispanic American Students; African American Students; Special Needs Students; White Students; English Language Learners; Economically Disadvantaged; Academic Achievement; Institutional Characteristics; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Schulleistung
Abstract	In recent years, the number of charter schools in Florida has doubled. We examine five years of data on students moving into these schools from the traditional public sector. We consider student attributes and the school and district contexts that they are leaving. The better students are performing relative to their peers, the less likely they are to move into a charter. There are higher rates of minority students in the charter sector, and Hispanics appear especially likely to transfer. On the other hand, special-needs students are less likely to be in charters. White students are more likely to enter a charter school with more white students than minority students who are more likely to move into charters with more minority students. These findings suggest that charter schools do not "cream skim" the best students away from the traditional sector, although there is evidence that charters do not provide an educational home for all. (Contains 5 tables, 2 figures and 9 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10