Do new small schools in NYC enroll more advantaged students than the city's other schools?

Pallas& Jennings report:

NYC Gates-funded small schools enrolled fewer disadvantaged 9th graders than enrolled in large HS they replaced. 

Findings appear to contradict DOE’s claims on this issue.

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News from the Annenberg Institute Do new small schools in New York City enroll more advantaged students than the city's other schools ? The New York City public school system has sought to reform high school education by closing or downsizing large, failing high schools and opening new small high schools. In a new report, NYU professor Jennifer Jennings and Teachers College professor Aaron Pallas explore whether these reforms altered the distribution of enrolling students’ characteristics across schools. > Read more and view the entire report