The Attraction of Magnet Schools : Evidence from Embedded Lotteries in School Assignment
Magnet schools aim to diversify enrollment by providing innovative curricula to attract students from other schools within a school district. Measuring the impact of attending a magnet is challenging because students choose to apply and schools have priorities over types of students. This study estimates the causal impact of attending a magnet school by leveraging exogenous variation arising from tie breakers embedded in a centralized school assignment mechanism. Attending a magnet led to higher performance in mathematics, and non-language immersion magnet schools also increased students' reading scores. Magnet schools also significantly increase student engagement, suggesting improved non-cognitive skill formation
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2022
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Authors: | Morrill, Melinda Sandler ; Dur, Umut ; Hammond, Robert G. ; Lenard, Matthew ; Morrill, Thayer ; Paeplow, Colleen |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
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