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A Study of Charter Schools: First Year Study - May 1997
Exhibit D-1 -- Multiple-Responses for Founding Charter Schools Column Percentages7
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Most important reason |
Percentage of charter schools that cited reason as most important |
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All sites |
Newly created |
Pre-existing public |
Pre-existing |
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Realize a vision |
61.1% n=133 |
81.1% |
36.1% |
32.0% |
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Autonomy |
24.0% n=53 |
12.3% |
52.8% |
.0% |
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Special population |
12.7% n=28 |
19.7% |
4.2% |
4.0% |
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Financial reasons |
10.9% n=23 |
2.5% |
13.9% |
40.0% |
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Parent involvement |
9.5% n=21 |
10.7% |
9.7% |
4.0% |
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Attract students |
9.5% n=21 |
3.3% |
11.1% |
36.0% |
Exhibit D-2 -- Multiple-Responses for Founding Charter Schools Row Percentages 8
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Percentage of charter schools that cited reason as most important |
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Most important |
Number |
Newly created |
Pre-existing public |
Pre-existing |
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[read % across |
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Realize a vision |
133 |
74.4% |
19.5% |
6.1% |
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Autonomy |
53 |
28.3% |
71.7% |
0.0% |
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Special population |
28 |
85.7% |
10.7% |
3.6% |
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Financial reasons |
23 |
13.0% |
43.5% |
43.5% |
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Parent involvement |
21 |
61.9% |
33.3% |
4.8% |
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Attract students |
21 |
19.0% |
38.1% |
42.9% |
Exhibit D-39 -- Means of Factor Scores for Newly Created and Pre-Existing Schools
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Clusters |
Newly created |
Pre-existing |
F prob |
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Resource limitations |
.2238 |
-.3326 |
001 |
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Political resistance |
-.2023 |
*.3265 |
001 |
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Regulatory problems |
-.0297 |
.0340 |
.05 |