2013 CPS closings left more kids than expected in lower-rated schools

HYDE PARK — Parents with kids at the 49 public schools shuttered in 2013 made dramatically different decisions than education administrators anticipated, and more students than expected ended up in lower-performing schools, according to a new study from the University of Chicago.

Researchers from the Consortium on Chicago School Research found that more than 800 students ended up in schools that were rated lower than the ones they left when Chicago Public Schools shuttered 49 elementary schools in March 2013, the largest number of school closings in one year ever in the United States...