ERIC Number: EJ1063739
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jul
Pages: 34
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
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Dynamic Participation in Interdistrict Open Enrollment
Lavery, Lesley; Carlson, Deven
Educational Policy, v29 n5 p746-779 Jul 2015
Interdistrict open enrollment is the nation's largest and most widespread school choice program, but our knowledge of these programs is limited. Drawing on 5 years of student-level data from the universe of public school attendees in Colorado, we perform a three-stage analysis to examine the dynamics of student participation in the state's interdistrict open enrollment program. First, we explore the characteristics of students who open enroll in a defined baseline year. Second, we analyze the characteristics of students who continue to participate in the program in subsequent years. Finally, we examine the characteristics of students who--conditional on not open enrolling in the defined-baseline year--choose to participate in the program in one or more subsequent years.
Descriptors: Open Enrollment, School Districts, School Choice, Student Records, Public Schools, Student Participation, State Programs, State Surveys, Student Characteristics, Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Program Descriptions, Economically Disadvantaged, Advantaged, High Achievement, Low Achievement, Performance Factors, Predictor Variables, Demography, Cohort Analysis, Standardized Tests, Multivariate Analysis, Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Colorado
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B090009