Lost Opportunity: An Empirical Analysis of How Vouchers Affected Florida Public Schools. School Choice Issues in the State

Autor/in	Forster, Greg
Institution	Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Titel	Lost Opportunity: An Empirical Analysis of How Vouchers Affected Florida Public Schools. School Choice Issues in the State
Quelle	(2008), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Public Schools; School Choice; Program Effectiveness; Educational Vouchers; Educational Improvement; School Restructuring; Educational Change; Program Evaluation; Accountability; Barriers; Court Litigation; Data Analysis; Educational Indicators; Educational Assessment; Achievement Gains; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Bildungsreform; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Verantwortung; Rechtsstreit; Auswertung; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung
Abstract	The impact of Florida's "A+" accountability program, which until 2006 included a voucher program for chronically failing schools, on public school performance has been extensively studied. The results have consistently shown a positive effect on academic outcomes in Florida public schools. However, no empirical research has been done on the impact of the program after 2002-03, the first year in which a substantial number of students were eligible for vouchers. This narrow focus has left the public with an incomplete picture of the true role of vouchers in producing the public school improvements associated with the A+ program. This empirical study is the first to analyze the effects of vouchers in the A+ program after 2002-03. It includes a separate analysis for each year from 2001-02 to 2006-07. Thus, it is the first study to analyze how the program's effects were changed by the court-ordered removal of vouchers in January 2006. Moreover, it uses superior-quality data that track the progress of individual students over time, which have not been available to the general public until recently. The study finds that vouchers were a key element driving improvements in public schools from the A+ program. At every step, the academic performance of failing public schools in Florida responded to changes in the status of vouchers in the A+ program. While Florida is still experiencing improvements in student performance, the removal of vouchers from the program reduced the magnitude of these improvements. (Contains 3 figures, 1 table, and 13 endnotes.) [This study was released by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, the Foundation for Excellence in Education and The James Madison Institute.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. Available from: Foundation for Educational Choice. One American Square Suite 2420, Indianapolis, IN 46282. Tel: 317-681-0745; Fax: 317-681-0945; e-mail: info@edchoice.org; Web site: http://www.edchoice.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10