Researchers: Carolyn Sattin-BajajJack Buckley
University Affiliation: New York University
Email: ces361@nyu.edu
Research Question:
Empirically examines the gap in English Language Learner (ELL) enrollment between charter schools and traditional public schools and looks at trends in this gap over several years of data in New York City.
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: Journal of School Choice
Journal Entry: Vol. 5, pp. 40-65
Year: 2011
Findings:
- Most charter schools in New York City have significantly smaller proportions of LEP students than the traditional school district or than the ACS estimate
- The overwhelming majority of charter schools enroll proportionally more students eligible for reduced price lunch than the surrounding public school district
- Unlike the case for reduced price lunch, most charter schools between 2006 and 2008 enrolled fewer than the overall district proportion of free lunch eligible students
- The proportion of LEP students in the group of charter schools with the lowest rates of LEP enrollment in the city is increasing over time from essentially 0 to almost 1%