What Works Clearinghouse Quick Review: "The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City"

Institution	What Works Clearinghouse (ED)
Titel	What Works Clearinghouse Quick Review: "The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City"
Quelle	(2012), (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Enrollment; Higher Education; Educational Vouchers; Elementary School Students; Economically Disadvantaged; Low Income Groups; School Choice; Urban Schools; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Program Effectiveness; Educational Research; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einschulung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung
Abstract	The study reviewed in this report examined the effects of private school vouchers on college enrollment outcomes. The vouchers were given to low-income elementary-age students through the New York School Choice Scholarships Foundation (SCSF) program. In 1997, the SCSF used a random assignment lottery to offer three-year vouchers to approximately 1,000 low-income families with children entering grades 1 through 5. The vouchers could be used to reduce the cost of attending any private school in New York City. The maximum value of the vouchers was $1,400 per year, which represented most of the typical tuition cost of attending a Catholic school in New York City. More than three quarters of the children who received vouchers ultimately made use of the scholarship at some point during the three-year period. The sample used in this analysis was 2,642 New York City public school students (1,363 students who were offered vouchers, and 1,279 students who served as a comparison group) in grades 1-5 in 1997. Of the participants, 42% were African-American and 46% were Hispanic. The study found no differences of the offer of a school voucher on college enrollment; however, there was a positive impact of vouchers on college enrollment (part-time and full-time) for African-American students. In addition, the study reported that African-American students who were offered a school voucher had statistically significantly higher rates of attending a private 4-year university or a selective 4-year university. The study also found no statistically significant effects of school vouchers on any of the outcomes assessed for the subgroup of Hispanic students. This study "meets What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards" because it is a randomized controlled trial with low attrition for all outcomes, for both the full sample and for the two subgroups reported (African-American and Hispanic students). [The following study is reviewed in this What Works Clearinghouse Quick Review: "The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City" (ED534618).] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	What Works Clearinghouse. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024; e-mail: contact.WWC@ed.gov; Web site: https://whatworks.ed.gov/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2021/2/06