Is There Empirical Evidence That Charter Schools "Push Out" Low-Performing Students?

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-480

  Zimmer, Ron W ^a   Guarino, Cassandra M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

charter schools; school choice; segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885998494     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373713498465     Document Type: Article

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