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Title: Vouchers: A School Choice.
Language: English
Authors: Costa, Alicia, Sister, Elseginy, Siham, Lusco, Ellen
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 55
Publication Date: 2003
Document Type: Information Analyses
Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, School Choice, Urban Schools
Geographic Terms: U.S.; Louisiana
Abstract: Voucher proposals are flourishing nationwide, pushed by the fact that too many children are trapped in failing schools, and there is a great deal of disagreement about educational vouchers. This paper traces the history of voucher programs and describes some voucher programs in different cities (Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Cleveland, Ohio) and in the state of Florida. Evaluations of these programs are reviewed. The proposed voucher program for Louisiana is described. Issues surrounding vouchers are discussed, as are the reasons voters have rejected vouchers in some places. Research findings about vouchers have been mixed, with some studies suggesting that they increase student achievement and parent and student satisfaction, and other studies indicating that they do not have these effects. Commentary by the individual authors is presented, with one author making the point that limiting private school autonomy may be too great a price to pay to participate in voucher programs. Three others outline reasons for believing vouchers undermine the public schools. (Contains 70 references.) (SLD)
Notes: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association (Biloxi, MS, 2003).
Journal Code: RIEJUL2004
Entry Date: 2004
Accession Number: ED482515
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