Family Reflections on the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Summary Report

Autor/inn/en	Stewart, Thomas; Wolf, Patrick; Cornman, Stephen Q.; McKenzie-Thompson, Kenann; Butcher, Jonathan
Institution	University of Arkansas, Department of Education Reform
Titel	Family Reflections on the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Summary Report
Quelle	(2009), (84 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Low Income Groups; Access to Education; School Choice; Focus Groups; Demonstration Programs; Parents; Exhibits; Educational Change; Scholarships; Phenomenology; Educational Vouchers; Student Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Interviews; Private Schools; Educational Environment; Satisfaction; Equal Education; Educational Quality; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Eltern; Bildungsreform; Scholarship; Stipendium; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Schülerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Private school; Privatschule; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Zufriedenheit; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz
Abstract	During the spring of 2004, the first federally funded voucher program--the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP)--was established. The School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP) recognized that publicly-funded school vouchers represent a relatively new and unstudied approach to school choice and education reform. To address this need, the SCDP requested and received funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to capture the "Parent and Student Voices on the OSP." A total of 110 families, representing 180 students, that applied during the first two years of the Program volunteered to participate in this study. As the last installment in a four-part annual series that began in 2005, this report summarizes key findings from the previous reports and provides a general overview of the respondents' "reflections" upon their three or four years in the Program. Using a phenomenological approach, which includes focus groups, personal interviews and keypad polling information gathering techniques, participants were given multiple opportunities to share or describe their experiences. A consumer framework was often used to contextualize the families' experiences. Their insights continue to shape the scope and direction of the OSP, and they will help inform other efforts to provide low income families with access to quality school options. Appended are: (1) Calendar and Composition of Focus Group Sessions, 2004-2008; (2) 2004 Fall Parent Focus Group Moderator's Guide; (3) 2005 Parent Personal Interview Moderator's Guide; and (4) 2008 Focus Group and Polling Questions. (Contains 26 exhibits.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	School Choice Demonstration Project. Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, 201 Graduate Education Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Tel: 479-575-3172; Fax: 479-575-3196; e-mail: edreform@uark.edu; Web site: http://www.uark.edu/ua/der/SCDP.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10