SELECTIVE OUT-MIGRATION OF LOW-ACHIEVERS?CHARTER SCHOOL SUCCESS OREFFECTS OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Effects of Enrollment Management on Student Achievement
CHARTER SCHOOL SUCCESS OR SELECTIVE OUT-MIGRATION OF LOW-ACHIEVERS?
EFFECTS OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT ON STUdENT ACHIEVEMENT1
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Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1. Who is actually being served – and not served – by Boston Charter Schools? . . 1
2. What are the odds of a student entering a high-performing charter school
successfully completing the academic program offered? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
QueSTionS for PoliCymakerS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
reCommendaTionS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
QueSTionS for furTher STudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
meThodoloGy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
maSSaChuSeTTS CharTer SChoolS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
enrollmenT in BoSTon CharTer and PuBliC SChoolS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
STanford uniVerSiTy CharTer SChool STudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
BoSTon CharTer SChool rePorTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The BoSTon foundaTion rePorT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The CharTer SChool aSSoCiaTion rePorT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The ameriCan enTerPriSe inSTiTuTe rePorT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
adVanCinG The Pro-CharTer meSSaGe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .