ERIC Number: ED673472
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 24
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The Spillover Impacts of Charter Schools. Program on Education Policy and Governance Conference Papers Series. PEPG 25-14
Angela Crema; John D. Singleton
Program on Education Policy and Governance, Paper presented at the School Choice Tradeoffs and Evidence-Based Policy Making Conference (Cambridge, MA, May 8-9, 2025)
We estimate the spillover impacts of charter schools on public schools and public school students. We leverage administrative data and quasi-random assignment of charter school openings in Texas using application scores from the State Board of Education. This design capitalizes on the discontinuous increase in approval likelihood for charter school applications that score above a specific threshold to eliminate bias from charter schools' strategic location choice. Preliminary results suggest positive and sizable spillovers on public school test scores and that competition changes public schools' sociodemographic composition. Future work will analyze the mechanisms, including the within-school allocation of instructional resources, as well as student-level impacts on longer-term outcomes.
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Competition, Academic Achievement, School Demography, Scores, Reading Tests, Mathematics Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Enrollment
Program on Education Policy and Governance. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Taubman 304, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 617-495-7976; Fax: 617-496-4428; e-mail: pepg@fas.harvard.edu; Web site: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/taubman/programs-research/pepg
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Harvard University, Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG)
Identifiers - Location: Texas
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