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ABSTRACT
A survey tasks young adults who graduated from virtual charters managed by a large education management organization to assess the degree to which virtual schools prepared them for postsecondary and career success. The same survey questions were also administered to a nationally representative group of American adults ages 18–29. Overall, comparison of survey responses reveals that virtual charter graduates report statistically significant advantages when it comes to career readiness and mixed responses with regard to college readiness. Implications are discussed.
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Notes
1. As a cursory validity test, I examine the outputs of a logistic regression model that examines the relationship between earnings (provided in five brackets) and the self-concept construct. A one-point increase in self-concept is associated with a .10 increase on the 5-point ordinal income scale. The estimate is statistically significant at the 99% confidence level.