Different Paths to College Success: The Impact of Massachusetts鈥� Charter Schools on College Trajectories

Cohodes, Sarah R.; Pineda, Astrid

doi:10.1257/aeri.20240391

Abstract

The charter school movement encompasses many school models. In Massachusetts in the 2010鈥檚, the site of our study, urban charter schools primarily used 鈥淣o Excuses鈥� practices, whereas nonurban charters had greater model variety. Using randomized admissions lotteries, we estimate the impact of charter schools by locality on college preparation, enrollment, and graduation. Urban charter schools boost all of these outcomes. Nonurban charter schools raise college enrollment and graduation despite reducing state test scores and AP enrollment. Notably, the nonurban charter college graduation edge is more than twice as large as that from urban charter attendance.

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