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Type of Document Dissertation Author Lassila, Nathan E. URN etd-04202007-154157 Title Examining the Determinants of Charter School Expansion and the Relationship of Charter Schools and District Performance using Event History Analysis and Cross Sectional Modeling Degree Doctor of Philosophy Department Public Administration and Policy, School of Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Frances Stokes Berry Committee Chair Lance DeHaven-Smith Committee Member Patrice Iatarola Committee Member Richard Feiock Committee Member Keywords
- Floirda
- Hazard Model
- Survival Analysis
- Policy Adoption
- Determinants
- School Performance
- School Choice
- Public Choice
- Charter
- Event Hitory Analysis
Date of Defense 2007-04-02 Availability unrestricted Abstract Charter schools represent one of many choice options available to Florida school districts. While public choice theory may provide insight as to why choice should impact student performance, using two research stages, this paper examines empirically factors leading to charter school adoption and the relationship of increasing charter schools on district academic performance.Results of this research indicate that, increasing middle school class size and emulation of neighboring adopters are statistically significant factors in a districts’ charter school policy adoption. True emulation as specified by diffusion literature may be suspect due to the advent of choice alternatives in Florida prior to the law that allowed districts to formally adopt charters as a choice policy. Thus, the choice may not have diffused from early adopters to laggards, but rather via a burst of adopters who had been waiting for an opportunity. Further, cross sectional modeling provides slight or weak evidence that increases in charter schools is positively associated with academic performance in districts.
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