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Ballou, D. (2009). Magnet School Outcomes. In M. Berends, M. Springer, D. Ballou, and H. Walberg (Eds.), Handbook of Research on School Choice (pp. 409-426). New York: Routledge.
Goldring, E. (2009). Perspectives on Magnet Schools. In M. Berends, M.G. Springer, D. Ballou, and H.J. Walberg (Eds.), Handbook of Research on School Choice (pp. 361-378). New York: Routledge.
** This project was submitted to and funded under Education Policy, Finance, and Systems in FY 2004.
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The school district at the time had 35 middle schools, and 10 of them were magnet schools. This school district was located in a racially diverse urban area where half the students are from low-income families. The researchers would use school district data about students before and during their enrollment in middle school. The researchers proposed to analyze these data to determine whether students attending magnet middle schools made greater academic gains than comparable students enrolled in conventional public schools. They also proposed to examine the data to try to discover what factors contributed to magnet school success. In particular, the researchers wanted to focus on the possible effects of peers on student achievement, including the possible influence of student attendance and disciplinary histories. The researcher's overall goal for this project was to provide a rigorous study of magnet schools, the students within them, and the factors that contribute to whatever differences in student performance were found between magnet and conventional public schools.
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