The effect of charter schools on achievement and behavior of public school students

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Imberman, Scott A.
• 署名单位: University of Houston System; University of Houston
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.02.003
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 850-863
• 关键词: Charter schools; achievement; BEHAVIOR; school choice

摘要

Charter schools have seen dramatic growth over the last decade. However, we know little about how they affect traditional public schools. I look at how charters affect student outcomes in public schools using data from a large urban school district in the southwest. Unlike prior work that relies on school fixed effects, I address the endogenous location of charter schools using an instrumental variables strategy that relies on plausibly exogenous variation in local building supply. Results show that charters induce modest but statistically significant drops in math and language test scores, particularly for elementary students. However, results for middle and high school students show improvements in discipline. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.