Are low-performing students more likely to exit charter schools? Evidence from New York City and Denver,Colorado |
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| Institution: | 1. Boston University, School of Education, 2 Silber Way, Boston, MA 02215, United States;2. University of Colorado Colorado Springs, 1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, United States;1. Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 25-2 Sungkyunkwan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03063, South Korea;2. Korea Real Estate Research Institute, 48 Bangbae-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06705, South Korea |
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| Abstract: | A common criticism of charter schools is that they systematically remove or “counsel out” their lowest performing students. However, relatively little is currently known about whether low-performing students are in fact more likely to exit charter schools than surrounding traditional public schools. We use longitudinal student-level data from two large urban school systems that prior research has found to have effective charter school sectors–New York City and Denver, Colorado–to evaluate whether there is a differential relationship between low-performance on standardized test scores and the probability that students exit their schools by sector attended. We find no evidence of a differential relationship between prior performance and the likelihood of exiting a school by sector. Low-performing students in both cities are either equally likely or less likely to exit their schools than are student in traditional public schools. |
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