Read the report. Duncan’s miracle is a dud.
The report from the Consortium on Chicago School Research was released yesterday.
The Chicago miracle? The Duncan school closing movement? Nothing good to say about it. Nothing.
A majority of Chicago students affected by school closings were sent to schools that were low-performing, just like those they left behind—moves that had no significant impact on performance for most students, a study released today finds.
The study, by the University of Chicago’s Consortium on Chicago School Research, examines the academic effects of the closings on students at 18 elementary schools shut down between 2001 and 2006. To measure the impact, the researchers compared students age 8 and older with their counterparts in schools that had similar characteristics but continued to operate. The schools had a combined enrollment of 5,445 students at the time of their closing.
Not satisfied with handing Chicago students a miserable failure, Duncan has moved it to a national stage.
