This research was funded by the Institute for Education Sciences under Contract R305A040043, a subcontract of the National
Center on School Choice at Vanderbilt University. We are thankful to the New York City Department of Education, especially
Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger and Janet Brand, for their assistance in providing us with administrative data. The New York City
Charter School Center and the individual charter schools participating in the study have been indispensable for their cooperation
in compiling data. We gratefully acknowledge grant and administrative help from staff of the National Bureau of Economic
Researh and from the National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University. We also gratefully acknowledge excellent
research assistance from Natalie Cox, Ryan Imamura, Christina Luu, Conrad Miller, Brendon Pezzack, and Ardalan Tajalli. The
authors are responsible for the content of this report.
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Человек, который почувствовал ветер перемен, должен построить не щит от ветра, а ветряную мельницу