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ERIC Number: ED674501
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-May-11
Pages: 53
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
The Effects of Centralized School Assignment on Public School Enrollment. Discussion Paper #2025.06
Alison Fang
Blueprint Labs
An important benefit of modern school choice programs may be increased student retention in large urban districts. The effects choice frameworks have on enrollment are especially important today, as traditional public school enrollment as a share of total enrollment has fallen sharply since the pandemic. This paper asks whether and how the design of centralized assignment schemes, such as those used in numerous large urban districts, affects enrollment. Specifically, I focus on the question of how unified enrollment programs impact enrollment choice between traditional public schools, charter schools, and private schools. Using synthetic controls and event study models, this analysis suggests that the adoption of unified enrollment systems boosts charter enrollment as well as overall public school enrollment. At the same time, effect sizes vary across individual districts, and school choice policy should account for the particular circumstances of each district.
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Blueprint Labs; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Identifiers - Location: Missouri; New Jersey (Newark); Colorado (Denver); New Jersey; Louisiana (New Orleans); District of Columbia; New York (New York); Massachusetts (Boston); Massachusetts; California (San Francisco); California (Oakland); Ohio (Columbus); Minnesota (Minneapolis); North Carolina (Charlotte); North Carolina (Winston Salem); California (Anaheim); North Carolina; Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh); Michigan (Detroit); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
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