Utilizing a wealthy dataset that merges college students’ schooling data with beginning data, and leveraging a pupil mounted results design, we discover how a Florida personal college selection program affected college students’ public college pupil outcomes as this system matured and expanded. We observe rising advantages (greater standardized take a look at scores and decrease truancy and suspension charges) for college kids attending public colleges with extra pre-program personal college choices as this system matured . The consequences are notably pronounced for low-income college students, however the outcomes are additionally constructive for wealthier college students. Personal college competitions on the native and district degree are each independently linked to pupil achievement.
Right here is the paper (secreted by the AEA) by David N. Figlio, Cassandra MD Hart and Krzysztof Karbownik