Our key independent variable, “market orientation,” is derived by first scoring each charter school on seven dimensions designed to capture the extent to which the school has organizational, personal, or strategic attributes consistent with the behavioral assumptions economic theories apply to profit-maximizing firms: 1. Was a for-profit organization an original cofounder of the school? 2. Is the founding for-profit organization still partnered with the school? 3. Did the school acquire a for-profit partner after opening? 4. Is one of the school’s founders from out- side Washington, DC? 5. Does the school have plans for multicampus expansion in Washington, DC in the original ap- plication? 6. Does the school have, or have plans for multiple campuses outside Washington, DC? 7. Is the founder from the business community or a business-oriented background? (Lacireno-Paquet pgs 150,151).