Review of "The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence from Florida's McKay Scholarship Program"

Autor/in	Yun, John T.
Institution	University of Colorado at Boulder, Education and the Public Interest Center; Arizona State University, Education Policy Research Unit
Titel	Review of "The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence from Florida's McKay Scholarship Program"
Quelle	(2008), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Research Design; Public Schools; Academic Achievement; Scholarships; Educational Vouchers; Special Education; Special Needs Students; Educational Policy; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Outcome Measures; Policy Analysis; Competition; Commercialization; Outcomes of Education; Research Problems; Statistical Bias; Statistical Analysis; Educational Testing; Evaluation Problems; Private Schools; School Choice; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Forschungsdesign; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Schulleistung; Scholarship; Stipendium; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Politikfeldanalyse; Wettkampf; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Forschungskritik; Statistische Analyse; Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl
Abstract	A new report published by the Manhattan Institute for Education Policy, "The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence from Florida's McKay Scholarship Program," attempts to examine the complex issue of how competition introduced through school vouchers affects student outcomes in public schools. The possible contributions of this report, however, are outweighed by research design problems, failure to take into account alternative explanations, and unsubstantiated assumptions about the direction of possible selection bias. Together, these problems call into question the findings and render the conclusions drawn from those findings highly suspect. (Contains a list of 13 notes and references.) [This paper reviews the following document: "The Effect of Special-Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence from Florida's McKay Scholarship Program. Civic Report No. 52" (ED501690).] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education and the Public Interest Center. School of Education, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309. Tel: 303-447-EPIC; Fax: 303-492-7090; e-mail: epic@colorado.edu; Web site: http://www.colorado.edu/education/centersoutreach/epic.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10