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A new study finds further evidence that students at the city's small high schools are more likely to graduate on time than students at more traditional large schools, affirming the Bloomberg administration's small schools initiative. The city created more than 200 small high schools since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office while closing many low performing comprehensive high schools.

MDRC released new findings today from its multiyear study of small high schools in New York City. These schools, which serve mostly disadvantaged students of color, continue to produce sustained positive effects, raising graduation rates by 9.5 percentage points. More of their graduates also emerge ready for college: 6.8 percentage points more according to one measure of college readiness used by the City University of New York.