Vouchers in the Bayou: The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement after 2 Years

Autor/inn/en	Mills, Jonathan N.; Wolf, Patrick J.
Titel	Vouchers in the Bayou: The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement after 2 Years
Quelle	In: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 39 (2017) 3, S.464-484 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3737
Schlagwörter	Educational Vouchers; Policy Analysis; Scholarships; Underachievement; School Effectiveness; Low Income Students; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gains; Language Arts; Mathematics Achievement; School Choice; Randomized Controlled Trials; Student Records; School Statistics; Intervention; Robustness (Statistics); Elementary Secondary Education; Statistical Analysis; Statistical Significance; Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Politikfeldanalyse; Scholarship; Stipendium; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Schuleffizienz; Schulleistung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Sprachkultur; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Schülerakte; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) offers publicly funded vouchers to students in low-performing schools with family income no greater than 250% of the poverty line, allowing them to enroll in participating private schools. Initially established in 2008 as a pilot program in New Orleans, the LSP was expanded statewide in 2012. This article examines the experimental effects of using an LSP scholarship to enroll in one's first-choice private school on student achievement in the first 2 years following the program's expansion. Our results indicate that the use of an LSP scholarship has negatively affected both English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics achievement. We observe less negative effect estimates in the second year of the program, with the impacts on ELA only on the margin of statistical significance. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01