Review of "Five State Dropout Reports"

Autor/in	Dorn, Sherman
Institution	University of Colorado at Boulder, Education and the Public Interest Center; Arizona State University, Education Policy Research Unit
Titel	Review of "Five State Dropout Reports"
Quelle	(2008), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Graduation Rate; School Choice; Educational Attainment; Competition; Educational Change; Educational Vouchers; Public Education; Dropout Rate; Change Strategies; State Surveys; Cost Effectiveness; Research Reports; Validity; Statistical Bias; Research Methodology; Educational Practices; Educational Policy; Literature Reviews; Academic Achievement; Achievement Rating; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Research Problems; Input Output Analysis; Indiana; Missouri; North Carolina; South Carolina; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Wettkampf; Bildungsreform; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Öffentliche Erziehung; Lösungsstrategie; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Gültigkeit; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Bildungspraxis; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Schulleistung; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Forschungskritik
Abstract	Five sister reports published by the Friedman Foundation over the past two years have ignored the relevant research literature in asserting that private-school voucher programs can reduce the social costs of dropping out while increasing graduation rates. The reports are state-specific, targeting five different states. But each report follows a parallel structure, arguing that the state in question overestimates its graduation rate, that the costs of dropping out are dramatic and that a private-school voucher program can increase graduation and address the dropout problem by generating competition. Yet the reports largely ignore the existing research literature on the personal and social benefits of educational attainment, the effects of school competition, and the factors associated with either completing or dropping out of high school. Further, each report does not provide sufficient information about how the author estimated the statistical claims made for each state, and the author fails to compare the alleged benefits of private-school vouchers with plausible alternatives, such as increasing public-school choice programs or improving graduation through other programs. State policymakers interested in increasing graduation would be better served by seeking out the available, well-researched scholarship on the topic. (Contains 15 notes and references.) [This paper reviews the following reports: "The High Cost of Low Graduation Rates in North Carolina. School Choice Issues in the State" (ED508497); "The High Cost of Failing to Reform Public Education in Indiana. School Choice Issues in the State" (ED508500); "The High Cost of Failing to Reform Public Education in Missouri. School Choice Issues in the State" (ED508489); "The High Cost of Failing to Reform Public Education in Texas. School Choice Issues in the State" (ED508494); and "The High Cost of South Carolina's Low Graduation Rate. School Choice Issues in the State" (ED508499).] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10