ERIC Number: ED670979
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Publication Date: 2019-Oct
Pages: 67
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The Effects of Student Growth Data on School District Choice: Evidence from a Survey Experiment. EdWorkingPaper No. 19-87
David M. Houston; Jeffrey R. Henig
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
We conduct an online survey experiment in which participants are asked to imagine that they are parents moving to a new metropolitan area. They then choose between the five largest school districts in that area. All participants receive demographic data for each district. In addition, some participants are randomly assigned to receive average achievement and/or average growth data for each district. While there are strong relationships between student demographics and student achievement, the links between student demographics and student growth are much weaker. We find that, on average, the provision of growth data causes participants to choose less white and less affluent districts. Moreover, the provision of both achievement and growth data causes participants to choose less white and less affluent districts than the provision of achievement data alone.
Descriptors: School Districts, Racial Composition, Academic Achievement, School Demography, School Choice, Data, School District Wealth, Institutional Characteristics, Demography, Correlation
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Related Records: EJ1308000
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Russell Sage Foundation; William T. Grant Foundation
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
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