Why do charter schools fail? An analysis of charter school survival in New Jersey

Julia Schwenkenberg; James Vanderhoff

doi:10.1111/coep.12068

Why do charter schools fail? An analysis of charter school survival in New Jersey

Julia Schwenkenberg, James Vanderhoff

Rutgers Newark, Economics

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Charter school competition can only work as a policy to improve public education if schools that do not contribute to this goal are allowed to fail. We estimate survival regressions to assess the effects of various factors on the probability of school failure. We find that students' test scores are the most important determinant of survival: a one standard deviation increase reduces the probability of failure by 76%. Higher expenditures per student and a longer wait list result in smaller, but significant, reductions. Enrollment, average performance in the host district, and student demographics do not significantly affect school survival.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	300-314
Number of pages	15
Journal	Contemporary Economic Policy
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12068
State	Published - Apr 1 2015

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General Business, Management and Accounting
Economics and Econometrics
Public Administration

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