The Boundaries of Competition: Examining Charter Schools’ Impact on Traditional Schools

IF 1.6 3区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Educational Policy Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI:10.1177/08959048221142049

Matthew J. Uttermark, Kenneth R. Mackie, C. Weissert, A. Artiles

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Abstract

For decades, charter schools have been promoted as a panacea for increasing competition in the educational marketplace. Supporters argue that increased choice forces neighboring schools to innovate, while opponents contend that charters “skim” students and funds away from traditional public schools (TPS). We test the two differing views by comparing academic achievement and school segregation in TPS in South Florida facing competition from charter schools compared to TPS with no competition. We find that when a charter school moves into the community, it fails to substantively change test scores or diversity of the nearby TPS, even 10 years after a charter is established.

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竞争的边界:特许学校对传统学校的影响

几十年来，特许学校一直被宣传为增加教育市场竞争的灵丹妙药。支持者认为，更多的选择迫使邻近的学校进行创新，而反对者则认为，特许学校从传统的公立学校(TPS)那里“掠夺”了学生和资金。我们通过比较南佛罗里达州面临特许学校竞争的TPS与没有竞争的TPS的学术成就和学校隔离来检验这两种不同的观点。我们发现，当一所特许学校进入社区时，即使在特许学校成立10年后，它也没有实质性地改变附近TPS的考试成绩或多样性。

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Educational Policy EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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