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ERIC Number: EJ648418
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
What Do We Know (and Need to Know) about the Impact of School Choice Reforms on Disadvantaged Students?
Goldhaber, Dan D.; Eide, Eric R.
Harvard Educational Review, v72 n2 p157-76 Sum 2002
Despite pressure for school choice, empirical evidence of its academic effects, especially on minority urban students, is mixed. Examination of evidence on public-private sector competition shows some improvement in public school efficiency. However, there is little evidence of the positive or negative impact of charter schools and vouchers. (Contains 52 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Groups, Outcomes of Education, School Choice, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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