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Contingent on Type: How the First Charter School Impacts District Academic Growth
Sun, April 15, 8:15 to 9:45am, Crown Plaza Times Square, Floor: Lobby Level, Act III-IV RoomAbstract
How does charter competition impact district academic growth? Researchers typically focus on large districts with many charter schools, but the most common change in charter competition is a small district-gradespan shifting from no charters to one. In California, 117 district-gradespans opened their first and only charter school between 2003 and 2013, an era with a consistent assessment regime. Multivariate regressions and a difference-in-difference design allow us to compare (1) change in academic growth in these district-gradespans pre- and post-charter to (2) change in growth in similar California district-gradespans. Results are contingent on charter type: locally funded charters lead to decreased growth while direct-funded charters lead to increased growth. Two additional, innovative analyses minimize the possibility of omitted variable bias.