A Survey of Results from Voucher Experiments: Where We Are and What We Know. Civic Report. [Report No.: CCI-R-11

Autor/in	Greene, Jay P.
Institution	Manhattan Inst., New York, NY. Center for Civic Innovation.
Titel	A Survey of Results from Voucher Experiments: Where We Are and What We Know. Civic Report. [Report No.: CCI-R-11
Quelle	(2000), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Benefits; Educational Vouchers; Elementary Secondary Education; Private Schools; School Choice; School Demography; Student Costs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsertrag; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Schulbesuchsrate; Studienkosten
Abstract	This document is a review of eight studies of five existing voucher or school-choice programs conducted by four different groups of researchers. All studies have found important benefits of private school choice for families. Voucher programs do not appear to select primarily the best students. In all studies of existing choice programs the evidence shows that participants have very low family incomes, predominantly come from single-mother households, and have a record of low academic performance. The existing choice programs are not large enough nor have they operated long enough to reveal much about its effects on the public school system. However, Hoxby's work finds that metropolitan areas with more choices available have significantly better outcomes at lower cost. Private schools are more likely to have a racial composition similar to their communities and more likely than public schools to promote tolerance, voting, and social involvement. Perhaps the most striking finding from this review is an absence of evidence showing that school choice harms public schools or society. Given that voucher programs cost about half as much as conventional public education, they may prove to be an attractive option. (Contains 52 endnotes.) (RKJ)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01