TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of transferring to STEM-focused charter and magnet schools on student achievement
AU - Judson, Eugene
PY - 2014/7/4
Y1 - 2014/7/4
N2 - There have been strong calls to action in recent years to promote both school choice and the learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This has led to the burgeoning development of STEM-focused schools. Nine STEM-focused charter and 2 STEM-focused magnet schools that serve elementary-aged students were examined to assess the achievement of students who transfer to these schools, as compared to students transferring to non-STEM schools, in the content areas of mathematics, language arts, and reading. The achievement of students transferring to STEM-focused elementary schools was also evaluated after 3 years at their new school and compared both to students own prior achievement at their old school and to achievement of students comprising comparison groups. Results generally indicated no effect of STEM-focused magnet schools, but did indicate some positive effects of STEM-focused charter schools. © 2014
AB - There have been strong calls to action in recent years to promote both school choice and the learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This has led to the burgeoning development of STEM-focused schools. Nine STEM-focused charter and 2 STEM-focused magnet schools that serve elementary-aged students were examined to assess the achievement of students who transfer to these schools, as compared to students transferring to non-STEM schools, in the content areas of mathematics, language arts, and reading. The achievement of students transferring to STEM-focused elementary schools was also evaluated after 3 years at their new school and compared both to students own prior achievement at their old school and to achievement of students comprising comparison groups. Results generally indicated no effect of STEM-focused magnet schools, but did indicate some positive effects of STEM-focused charter schools. © 2014
KW - STEM
KW - STEMfocused schools
KW - charter schools
KW - magnet schools
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U2 - 10.1080/00220671.2013.823367
DO - 10.1080/00220671.2013.823367
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901818697
SN - 0022-0671
VL - 107
SP - 255
EP - 266
JO - Journal of Educational Research
JF - Journal of Educational Research
IS - 4
ER -