@EdWorkingPaper{ai19-133,
title = "The cost-effectiveness of public charter schools in Texas",
author = "Corey A. DeAngelis",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "133",
year = "2019",
month = "September",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai19-133",
abstract = {I compare per pupil revenues, expenditures, and performance levels in public charter schools to district-run public schools in Texas for the 2017-18 school year. After controlling for several school and student characteristics, I find that public charter schools are funded around $1,700 (15 percent) less, and spend around $3,700 (28 percent) less, per pupil than district-run public schools. Public charter schools demonstrate cost-effectiveness advantages between 8 and 42 percent, depending on the model employed, over district-run public schools in Texas. I also find evidence to suggest per pupil spending is positively related to state testing outcomes for public charter schools, but not for district-run public schools.},
}