The "Days of Learning" Metric for Education Evaluations

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contents The third National Charter School Study (NCSS III) aimed to test whether charter school were effective and to highlight outcomes on academic progress. The authors reported that typical charter school students outperformed similar students in non-charter public schools by 6 days in mathematics and 16 days in reading. This "days of learning" metric used to claim relatively higher performance in charter schools than in comparable public schools. This logic of this metric is critiqued in this paper, and an alternative method of reporting outcomes is proposed.
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spellingShingle The "Days of Learning" Metric for Education Evaluations
Camilli, Gregory
General Economics
Economics
Applications
The third National Charter School Study (NCSS III) aimed to test whether charter school were effective and to highlight outcomes on academic progress. The authors reported that typical charter school students outperformed similar students in non-charter public schools by 6 days in mathematics and 16 days in reading. This "days of learning" metric used to claim relatively higher performance in charter schools than in comparable public schools. This logic of this metric is critiqued in this paper, and an alternative method of reporting outcomes is proposed.
title The "Days of Learning" Metric for Education Evaluations
topic General Economics
Economics
Applications
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22739