The Impact of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Racial Segregation in Louisiana Schools. Technical Report. Louisiana Scholarship Program Evaluation Report #3

Autor/inn/en	Egalite, Anna J.; Mills, Jonathan N.; Wolf, Patrick J.
Institution	University of Arkansas, School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP); Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA)
Titel	The Impact of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Racial Segregation in Louisiana Schools. Technical Report. Louisiana Scholarship Program Evaluation Report #3
Quelle	(2016), (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Racial Segregation; Scholarships; School Choice; Educational Vouchers; Public Schools; Private Schools; Low Income Students; School Districts; Minority Group Students; School Desegregation; Racial Composition; African American Students; White Students; Hispanic American Students; Desegregation Litigation; Racial Integration; Elementary Secondary Education; Louisiana (New Orleans) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassentrennung; Scholarship; Stipendium; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; School district; Schulbezirk; Integrative Schule; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Rassenintegration
Abstract	The question of how school choice programs affect the racial stratification of schools is highly salient in the field of education policy. We use a student-level panel data set to analyze the impacts of the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) on racial segregation in public and private schools. This targeted school voucher program provides funding for low-income, mostly minority students in the lowest-graded public schools to enroll in participating private schools. Our analysis indicates that the vast majority (82%) of LSP transfers have reduced racial segregation in the voucher students' former public schools. LSP transfers have marginally increased segregation in the participating private schools, however, where just 45% of transfers reduce racial segregation. In those school districts under federal desegregation orders, voucher transfers result in a large reduction in traditional public schools' racial segregation levels and have no discernible impact on private schools. The results of this analysis provide reliable empirical evidence that parental choice actually has aided desegregation efforts in Louisiana. Tables are appended. (ERIC).
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.uaedreform.org/school-choice-demonstration-project
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01