Report
Enduring Success: Effects of New York City's Small Schools of Choice on Postsecondary Degree Attainment and Employment
| Title: | Enduring Success: Effects of New York City's Small Schools of Choice on Postsecondary Degree Attainment and Employment |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Rebecca Unterman, Miki Shih, MDRC |
| Source: | MDRC. 2026. |
| Availability: | MDRC. 16 East 34th Street 19th Floor, New York, NY 10016-4326. Tel: 212-532-3200; Fax: 212-684-0832; e-mail: publications@mdrc.org; Web site: http://www.mdrc.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Gates Foundation Walton Family Foundation Spencer Foundation |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | High Schools Secondary Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Small Schools, Urban Schools, High Schools, School Choice, High School Graduates, Low Income Students, Postsecondary Education, Outcomes of Education, Employment, Education Work Relationship, Income |
| Geographic Terms: | New York (New York) |
| Abstract: | New York City's Small Schools of Choice (SSCs) were created as part of the city's Children First Initiative to redesign students' high school experiences and increase high school graduation rates for students from low-income backgrounds who historically had limited access to small, personalized academic instruction. Since 2010, MDRC researchers have used the lotteries within New York City's high school assignment process to rigorously study SSCs' effects on students and have consistently found large, positive impacts on high school graduation rates, produced year after year and at no additional cost per graduate. The purpose of this brief is to explore whether students' enrollment in SSCs continues to help them advance as they move into postsecondary education and the labor market. The remainder of this brief describes the SSC reform effort in New York City, the study's analytic approach, and the findings in greater detail. The brief concludes with a discussion of the meaning of this work for the field of public education and the next steps to be taken in MDRC's continued research on SSCs. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED681679 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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