The Utility of Online Choice Options: Do Purely Online Schools Increase the Value to Students?

Autor/in	Rauh, Jonathan
Titel	The Utility of Online Choice Options: Do Purely Online Schools Increase the Value to Students?
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 19 (2011) 34, (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Standardized Tests; Online Courses; Distance Education; School Choice; Virtual Classrooms; Web Based Instruction; Educational Policy; Exit Examinations; Graduation Requirements; High Stakes Tests; School Effectiveness; Outcomes of Education; Comparative Analysis; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Online course; Online-Kurs; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Web Based Training; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Abschlussordnung; Schuleffizienz; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	Online education has grown in popularity as a choice option over the past decade. A variety of studies exist on methodologies for content delivery and on the impacts of online education for specific communities. However, few works have considered the utility of online educational choices in comparison to physical schools. Using an expected utility model this paper examines the value conferred to a student in an online charter school versus traditional physical schools in the same state. Value in this case is defined as the likelihood of performing better on a standardized test. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10