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Caroline M. Hoxby, Sonali Murarka, and Jenny Kang
Suggested Citation:Hoxby, Caroline M., Sonali Murarka, and Jenny Kang. “How New York City's Charter Schools AffectAchivement, August 2009 Report.” Second report in series. Cambridge, MA: New York City Charter Schools Evaluation Project, September 2009.The New York City Charter Schools Evaluation Project434 Galvez MallStanford, CA 94305charterevaluation@gmail.comPrincipal Investigators:Caroline M. Hoxby, National Bureau of Economic Research and Stanford UniversitySonali Murarka, The Wharton School of the University of PennsylvaniaJenny Kang, National Bureau of Economic Research
This research was funded by the Institute for Education Sciences under Contract R305A040043, a subcontract of the NationalCenter on School Choice at Vanderbilt University. We are thankful to the New York City Department of Education, especiallyJennifer Bell-Ellwanger and Janet Brand, for their assistance in providing us with administrative data. The New York CityCharter School Center and the individual charter schools participating in the study have been indispensable for their cooperationin compiling data. We gratefully acknowledge grant and administrative help from staff of the National Bureau of EconomicResearh and from the National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University. We also gratefully acknowledge excellentresearch assistance from Natalie Cox, Ryan Imamura, Christina Luu, Conrad Miller, Brendon Pezzack, and Ardalan Tajalli. Theauthors are responsible for the content of this report.
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Bibliographic informationiTable of contentsii
Introductory Material
The New York City Charter Schools Evaluation ProjectvExecutive summary of the reportvii
Chapter I: New York City's Charter Schools
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When did New York City's charter schools open?I-1
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Which New York City charter schools are participating in the study?
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How are students admitted to New York City's charter schools?I-2
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Is New York City a typical environment for charter schools?
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What grades are served by New York City's charter schools?
• Table Ia: Charter school applicants by grade
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Where are New York City's charter schools located?I-4
• Figure Ia: Map of New York City charter schools
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What are the charter schools' neighborhoods like?I-5
• Table Ib: Charter school neighborhoods compared to New York City as a whole
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Who authorizes New York City's charter schools?I-6
• Figure Ib: Charter school authorizers
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Who operates New York City's charter schools?I-7
• Figure Ic: Charter school operating agencies
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Do all charter schools have the same mission?I-8
• Figure Id: Charter school missions
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Does each charter school have its own policies and practices?I-9
• Table Ic: Policies and characteristics of New York City charter schools
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• Table Id: New York City charter schools, in order of when they opened
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Chapter II: The Students of New York City's Charter Schools
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The race, ethnicity, and gender of New York City's charter school applicantsII-1
• Table IIa and Figure IIa: The race, ethnicity, and gender of charter school
applicants and students in the traditional public schools
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Prior test scores of New York City's charter school applicantsII-4
• Table IIb: Prior test scores of charter school applicants and studentsin the traditional public schools
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Free and Reduced-Price Lunch, special education, and English Learner servicesparticipation of New York City's charter school applicantsII-6
• Table IIc: Prior program participation of charter school applicants and
students in the traditional public schools
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Summing up: charter school applicantsII-8
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