ERIC Number: EJ1171746
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Taking Stock of Private-School Choice: Scholars Review the Research on Statewide Programs
Wolf, Patrick J.; Harris, Douglas N.; Berends, Mark; Waddington, R. Joseph; Austin, Megan
Education Next, v18 n2 p46-54, 56-59 Spr 2018
In the past few years, four states have established programs that provide public financial support to students who choose to attend a private school. These programs--a tax-credit-funded scholarship initiative in Florida and voucher programs in Indiana, Louisiana, and Ohio--offer a glimpse of what expansive statewide choice might look like. What have we learned about the students and schools who choose to participate in these programs? What academic outcomes have students reaped? And what does research tell us about how states should design and oversee voucher programs--if indeed they should do so at all? In this forum, we hear from Patrick J. Wolf, education policy professor at the University of Arkansas, Douglas N. Harris, professor of economics at Tulane, and the trio of Mark Berends, professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, R. Joseph Waddington, assistant professor at the College of Education, University of Kentucky, and Megan Austin, researcher at the American Institutes for Research, Chicago.
Descriptors: School Choice, Financial Support, Resource Allocation, Private Schools, Tax Credits, Scholarships, Educational Vouchers, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Design, Barriers, Instructional Materials, Disproportionate Representation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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