Out of the families whose children were sent to welcoming schools after the mass school closings in 2013, 93 percent of them enrolled in schools with higher performance points but the differences varied from zero to 64 points, according to researchers from the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research.
U. of C. Consortium on Chicago School Research analysts Marisa de la Torre, director and senior researcher; Molly Gordon, senior research analyst, and Elaine Allensworth, Lewis-Sebring director, presented findings from the report “School Closings in Chicago: Understanding Families’ Choices and Constraints for New School Enrollment” Thursday night at the “School Closings in Chicago: Understanding Families’ Choices and Constraints for New School Enrollment” event at the U. of C.’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th St...