Transforming the High School Experience: How New York City’s New Small Schools are Boosting Student Achievement and Graduation Rates

MDRC, June 2010

189 Pages Posted: 19 Mar 2011

Date Written: June 2010

Abstract

Taking advantage of lottery-like features in New York City’s high school admissions process, this study provides rigorous evidence that new small public high schools are narrowing the educational attainment gap and markedly improve graduation prospects, particularly for disadvantaged students.

Keywords: small schools, high school reform, natural experiment

Suggested Citation

Bloom, Howard S. and Thompson, Saskia Levy and Unterman, Rebecca, Transforming the High School Experience: How New York City’s New Small Schools are Boosting Student Achievement and Graduation Rates (June 2010). MDRC, June 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1786966

Howard S. Bloom (Contact Author)

MDRC ( email )

200 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10281
United States

Saskia Levy Thompson

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

Rebecca Unterman

MDRC ( email )

200 Vesey Street
10281
United States

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