Is There a "Consensus" on School Choice and Achievement?: Advocacy Research and the Emerging Political Economy of Knowledge Production

Autor/inn/en	Lubienski, Christopher; Weitzel, Peter; Lubienski, Sarah Theule
Titel	Is There a "Consensus" on School Choice and Achievement?: Advocacy Research and the Emerging Political Economy of Knowledge Production
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 23 (2009) 1, S.161-193 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904808328532
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; School Choice; Educational Vouchers; Advocacy; Educational Research; Outcomes of Education; Politics of Education; Educational Policy; Research Methodology; Educational Methods; Research Problems; Academic Achievement; Educational Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Sozialanwaltschaft; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Politics of education; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Educational method; Erziehungsmethode; Forschungskritik; Schulleistung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	A number of school choice advocates claim that there is a research consensus indicating that vouchers for private schools lead to higher academic achievement. The authors review and critique these local studies of voucher programs, contrasting them with findings from larger-scale analyses of nationally representative samples of public and private schools, which illuminate patterns that appear to undercut the assumption of superior private school performance that is a premise of voucher programs. The authors note limitations inherent in different methodological approaches to this question, focusing on the shortcomings of randomization as an exclusive "gold standard" for research on the issue of achievement in school choice plans. The concluding discussion reconsiders the question of a consensus, highlighting the emerging research environment that bypasses traditional review processes and emphasizes instead the promotion of ideas to support policy agendas. (Contains 23 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10