Modeling Family's Decision of Enrollment at Schools of Choice

• In Event: Perspectives of Stakeholders in School Choice Contexts

Abstract

This study, by combining application data from a lottery-based school choice program and students’ actual enrollment data, examines what factors are related to family’s decision of enrollment. It further explores if relative advantages of the schools of choice versus alternative school options play a role in the decision making process. Results show that academic competitiveness, distance from home to school, rank of the school, as well as other properties associated with the application matter in the decision of enrollment.

Authors

• Rui Yang, American Institutes for Research

• Yujie Sude

• Kirk Walters, American Institutes for Research