Using an Experimental Evaluation of Charter Schools to Test Whether Nonexperimental Comparison Group Methods Can Replicate Experimental Impact Estimates

Using data from Mathematica's experimental evaluation of charter schools, this methodological study examines the validity of four different comparison group approaches to test whether these designs can replicate findings from a well-implemented random assignment study.

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Year of publication:	2012-04-30
Authors:	Fortson, Kenneth ; Verbitsky-Savitz, Natalya ; Kopa, Emma ; Gleason, Philip
Institutions:	Mathematica Policy Research
Subject:	within-study comparison randomized controlled trial quasi-experimental \| nonexperimental propensity score matching \| nonexperimental design validity

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Mathematica Policy Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	6 pages long
Classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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