The Regulation of Charter Schools: National Patterns and Causal Effects. Technical Report

Autor/inn/en	Harris, Douglas; McKenzie, Roy
Institution	National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH)
Titel	The Regulation of Charter Schools: National Patterns and Causal Effects. Technical Report
Quelle	(2023), (58 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Standards; Correlation; Attribution Theory; State Policy; School Administration; School Districts; Educational Quality; School Effectiveness; State Agencies; Statistical Analysis; Public Schools; Longitudinal Studies; Databases; Administrative Organization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Standard; Korrelation; School district; Schulbezirk; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Schuleffizienz; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Statistische Analyse; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Datenbank
Abstract	There is considerable debate and evidence about how governments should regulate contractors and other firms, but little on how government should regulate schools. In the first phase of this study, we focus on the correlation between indices of state charter school policies and measures of charter quantity (market share) and three measures of quality: statewide student achievement growth from CREDO, closure of low-performing charter schools, and charter entry into low-performing school districts. States with no charter caps, multiple charter authorizers, and stronger contract renewal standards have higher charter market shares. We also see evidence of a quality-quantity trade-off. The regression coefficients on eight of the 11 policy variables are of opposite signs in the quality and quantity analyses. The positive correlation between charter market share and the number of charter authorizers motivates a follow-up analysis in which we test whether this correlation reflects causation. Using difference-in-differences analysis, we find evidence that adding a statewide authorizing body increased the statewide charter market share gradually over time. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01