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Flanders, Will – Journal of School Choice, 2017
Charter schools are a relatively new phenomenon in American education. Since the first charter school opened in Minnesota in 1991, they have expanded to 42 states and represent 6.2% of all public schools in the country. This growth has been attributed to a number of factors, chief among them evidence that charter schools can improve performance…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Institutional Autonomy, School Districts
Yeado, Joe; Schmidt, Jeff; Hart, Rebecca; Henken, Rob – Public Policy Forum, 2014
Over nearly three decades, the Public Policy Forum has collected and analyzed education data to report on the demographics, academic performance, and finances of public schools and districts in southeast Wisconsin. This 29th annual public schools report continues that tradition with updated analyses of new data and trends to shed light on the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Expenditure per Student, Taxes
Carlson, Deven; Cowen, Joshua M.; Fleming, David J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2013
Few school choice evaluations consider students who leave such programs, and fewer still consider the effects of leaving these programs as policy-relevant outcomes. Using a representative sample of students from the citywide voucher program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, we analyze more than 1,000 students who leave the program during a 4-year period.…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Private Schools, School Choice, Low Achievement
Swanlund, Andrew; Dahlke, Katie; Tucker, Natalie; Kleidon, Brianna; Kregor, Jennifer; Davidson-Gibbs, Debbie; Hallberg, Kelly – American Institutes for Research, 2012
American Institutes for Research (AIR) conducted an evaluation of the effect on struggling readers of implementing the READ 180 reading intervention in five participating schools in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) under a Striving Readers grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The evaluation used an experimental design in order to produce a…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Achievement
Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2020
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a study aimed at improving education outcomes among Black students across the state. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction encourages schools to implement culturally responsive practices, which prior research suggests are related to improvements in outcomes among racial/ethnic minority…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Public Schools, Minority Group Students, African American Students
What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
The study examined whether students who use a voucher to attend private school have greater mathematics and reading achievement than students who attend public schools. The study analyzed data on more than 2,200 elementary and middle school students from public and private schools in Milwaukee. Academic achievement was measured using the Wisconsin…
Descriptors: Educational Research, School Choice, Educational Vouchers, Private Schools
McCrea, Bridget – District Administration, 2013
In 2010, Attila J. Weninger was 61 and ready to retire. But he received a phone call. A recruitment firm hired by the Stevens Point (Wis.) Area Public School District called on Weninger to help the troubled district, which faced budget problems, vacancies in top cabinet positions, and two previously failed referendums. It was in sore need of new…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, School Districts, Educational Change
Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2020
The "Participation in a Professional Development Program on Culturally Responsive Practices in Wisconsin" study examined the education outcomes among Black students across Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction encourages schools to implement culturally responsive practices, which prior research suggests are related to…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Public Schools, Minority Group Students, African American Students
Dean, Jeffery R.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2010
The purpose of this report is to provide descriptive data regarding the test scores of Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) students in grades 4, 8 and 10 in reading, math, and science, as reported to the School Choice Demonstration Project 2008-2009. The tables, graphs, and histograms presented in this paper provide a snapshot of these…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, School Choice, Achievement Gains, Testing
What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
This paper presents an updated WWC (What Works Clearinghouse) Quick Review of the Report "The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Third Year Report". The study examined whether students in Milwaukee who use a voucher to attend private school have greater mathematics and reading achievement than…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Longitudinal Studies, School Choice, Educational Vouchers
Schmidt, Jeff; Smith, Annemarie; Dickman, Anneliese; Henken, Rob – Public Policy Forum, 2010
For 24 consecutive years, the Public Policy Forum has compiled and analyzed data from southeastern Wisconsin's public school districts in order to better inform policymakers and the public about the effectiveness of the region's K-12 education system. This analysis of the 2009-10 academic year, like many of the previous reports, indicates cause…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, School Effectiveness, Achievement Gap
What Works Clearinghouse, 2012
The study reviewed in this report examined the effectiveness of the "Milwaukee Parental Choice Program" ("MPCP"), which provides vouchers for low-income students to attend private schools. The study analyzed data on about 600 students who were given "MPCP" vouchers in the 2006-07 school year. The authors created a…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Evaluation, Reading Tests, Standardized Tests
Greene, Jay P.; Marsh, Ryan H. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2009
This paper examines evidence on the "systemic effects" of expanding school choice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Milwaukee is home to one of the nation's largest and longest-running school choice programs. If there are systemic effects from expanding school choice we should be able to see them in Milwaukee. This paper also introduces a novel…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Outcome Measures, Competition, Commercialization
Conway-Turner, Jameela; Fagan, Kyle; Mendoza, Alexander; Rahim, Daniyal – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2020
State and school district leaders in Wisconsin are interested in improving education outcomes among Black students across the state. To achieve this goal, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction encourages schools to implement culturally responsive practices, which prior research suggests are related to improvements in outcomes among…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Public Schools, Minority Group Students, African American Students
Conway-Turner, J.; Fagan, K.; Mendoza, A.; Rahim, D. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2020
State and school district leaders in Wisconsin are interested in improving education outcomes among Black students across the state. To achieve this goal, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction encourages schools to implement culturally responsive practices, which prior research suggests are related to improvements in outcomes among…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Public Schools, Minority Group Students, African American Students