Understanding Charter School Leaders' Perceptions of Competition in Arizona.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

School choice policies are expected to generate competition leading to improvement in school practices. However, little is known about how competition operates in public education-particularly in charter schools. This paper examines charter-school leaders' competitive perception formation and the actions taken in response to competition.

Research methods

Using Arizona charter-school leaders' responses to an original survey, Arizona Department of Education data, and the Common Core of Data, we examined the factors predicting the labeling of a school as a competitor. We estimated fixed effects logistic regression models which examine factors predicting the labeling of competitor schools and of top competitors. We used logistic regression models to understand charter-sc

SUBMITTER: Creed B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature