CHARTER SCHOOLS’ EFFECTIVENESS, MECHANISMS, AND COMPETITIVE INFLUENCE

From NBER/National Bureau of Economic Research
Sarah R. Cohodes & Katharine S. Parham
February 2021

This paper reviews the research on the impacts of charter school attendance on students’ academic and other outcomes, the mechanisms behind those effects, and the influence of charter schools on nearby traditional public schools, almost three decades after the first charter school was established. READ MORE