Climbing the College Ladder? The Effects of the New Orleans School Reforms on the Quality and Fit of Colleges That Students Attended

In this study, researchers Beth Glenn and Douglas Harris examine whether the reforms’ effects on college entry have been sustained, whether they affected the quality of colleges that students attended—based on per pupil spending, selectivity, standardized test scores, and student-faculty ratios—and whether college persistence rates have changed. Though these measures are far from the only or most important ways to measure college quality, they are useful and common metrics.