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Highlights

Closing schools and transferring students to new schools is increasingly being used as a reform strategy for chronically low performing schools. But, what do we know about the impact of closing a school on displaced students? This information brief by MAEC researchers Gail Sunderman and Alexander Payne examines the reasons districts close schools and the assumptions behind this strategy.