Report looks at effectiveness of selective enrollment schools

Selective enrollment high schools in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district may not be as better academically compared to other schools as previously perceived.

A new report this month from the University of Chicago’s (U. of C.) Consortium on School Research compared students in CPS’ 11 selective enrollment schools at both high socioeconomic status (SES) neighborhoods and low-SES neighborhoods to determine if selective enrollment made a difference in students’ academic achievement...