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Give admission based on a lottery ... not on the basis of an examination ... so no one can accuse you of taking only the best kids. It's better than
by cbr 12y ago
Give admission based on a lottery ... not on the basis
of an examination ... so no one can accuse you of taking
only the best kids.
It's better than that: if you admit based on lottery you're providing the randomization for a randomized controlled trial. Either you or someone else can measure the difference later in life between applicants that are and aren't admitted.
- edtechdev 12y agoExcept it's not random who applies for the lottery. And also charter schools are notorious for rejecting students for various reasons that public schools are not allowed to use, including rejecting special ed students, all in the name of making their test scores look better: http://nepc.colorado.edu/newsletter/2013/05/tcr-dirty-dozen http://nepc.colorado.edu/newsletter/2013/05/tcr-dirty-dozen
- vonmoltke 12y ago> Except it's not random who applies for the lottery. It's not, but you can randomly choose an equally-sized comparison group from the population who apply and are not selected. > And also charter schools are notorious for rejecting students for various reasons that public schools are not allowed to use, including rejecting special ed students, all in the name of making their test scores look better: http://nepc.colorado.edu/newsletter/2013/05/tcr-dirty-dozen http://nepc.colorado.edu/newsletter/2013/05/tcr-dirty-dozen Now you are changing the stated starting conditions. The plan is based on admission by lottery. Period. What other, selective private and charter schools do in admissions is irrelevant.