A Think Twice Review of:

Review of Did the Emergence of Ohio Charter Schools Help or Harm Students Who Remained in District Schools?

Think Twice - Jun 20, 2024

Publisher/Think Tank - Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Author(s) - Stéphane Lavertu

Legislatures across the United States continue to pass policies to add or expand school choice. Within this context, the Fordham Institute, an advocate of school choice expansion, has published a report asserting that charter schools have not negatively affected students in traditional public schools. However, a review of this report finds that though it could contribute to the conversation, its conclusions are highly misleading.

Reviewer(s) - Bryan Mann, University of Kansas

In his review of Did the Emergence of Ohio Charter Schools Help or Harm Students Who Remained in District Schools?, University of Kansas professor Bryan Mann determines the report to have little value to policymakers. This is in large part because the report's conclusions extend well beyond the scope of its statistical analysis.