Does School Choice Increase School Quality? / George M. Holmes, Jeff DeSimone, Nicholas G. Rupp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes, George M.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

DeSimone, Jeff.

Rupp, Nicholas G.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w9683.

NBER working paper series no. w9683

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2003.

Summary:

Federal No Child Left Behind' legislation, which enables students of low-performing schools to exercise public school choice, exemplies a widespread belief that competing for students will spur public schools to higher achievement. We investigate how the introduction of school choice in North Carolina, via a dramatic increase in the number of charter schools across the state, affects the performance of traditional public schools on statewide tests. We find test score gains from competition that are robust to a variety of specifications. The introduction of charter school competition causes an approximate one percent increase in the score, which constitutes about one quarter of the average yearly growth.

Notes:

Print version record

May 2003.