Adenantera Dwicaksono, Ian Brissette, Guthrie S Birkhead, Christine T Bozlak, Erika G Martin
Evaluating the Contribution of the Built Environment on Obesity Among New York State Students
Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
analyze 47 charter schools operating new york city 200506the schools tend locate disadvantaged neighborhoods serve students substantially poorer average public school student new york citythe schools also attract black applicants unusual degree relative new york city also relative traditional public schools drawthe vast majority applicants admitted lotteries schools hold oversubscribed vast majority lotteries balancedby balanced mean cannot reject hypothesis differences observable characteristics lotteriedin lotteriedout studentsusing lotteries form intentiontotreat variable instrument actual enrollment compute charter schools average treatmentonthetreated effects achievementthese 009 standard deviations per year treatment math 004 standard deviations per year readingwe estimate correlations charter schools policies effects achievementthe policy notable robust association long school yearas long 220 days charter schools