The Effect of Residential School Choice on Public High School Graduation Rates

Autor/inn/en	Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A.
Titel	The Effect of Residential School Choice on Public High School Graduation Rates
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 81 (2006) 1, S.203-216 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1207/S15327930pje8101_9
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Residential Schools; High Schools; High School Graduates; Graduation Rate; School District Size; School Districts; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Heimschule; High school; Oberschule; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Absolvent; Absolventin; School district; School districts; Size; Schuleinzugsbereich; Schulbezirk
Abstract	This study evaluates the effect of school district size on public high school graduation rates. The study calculates the graduation rate for each graduating class in each state between 1991 and 2002 and uses a fixed-effects model to examine the relationship between these graduation rates and changes in the size of each state's school districts during that period. The analysis indicates that decreasing the average size of a state's school districts by 200 square miles leads to an increase of about 1.64 percentage points in its graduation rate. To put this result into context, if Florida decreased the size of its school districts to the national median, it would increase its graduation rate by about 4.5 percentage points. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10