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Jacob, Anna M.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2012
The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) is the nation's oldest and largest urban school choice program, offering private-school scholarships to low-income students in the city of Milwaukee since 1990. In the early years of the program, voucher schools were not required to test their students, though many of them did so using nationally normed…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Educational Testing
Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2012
This report contains a summary of the findings from the various topical reports that comprise the author's comprehensive longitudinal study. As a summary, it does not include extensive details regarding the study samples and scientific methodologies employed in those topical studies. The research revealed a pattern of school choice results that…
Descriptors: School Choice, Program Effectiveness, Private Schools, High Stakes Tests
Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2010
The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) was established in 1990 as the first urban education reform in the U.S. built around the idea of permitting parents to enroll their children in private schools of their choosing at government expense. In its first year of operation, the MPCP or "Choice" program enrolled 341 students in the…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement
Cowen, Joshua M.; Fleming, David J.; Witte, John F.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2010
In this report the authors analyze the movement of students to and from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). They also analyze student mobility between schools within each sector. The analysis rests on two separate sets of data: the administrative records the authors have collected as part of their…
Descriptors: Student Records, Public Schools, Private Schools, School Choice
Stewart, Thomas; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2009
Scholars, advocates of various positions, and policymakers have fiercely debated whether the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), also known as the voucher or "Choice" program, has been a godsend or a scourge for the city's children. Wisconsin policymakers, concerned about that question, identified the School Choice Demonstration…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Private Schools, Research Methodology, School Choice
Witte, John F.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Cowen, Joshua M.; Fleming, David J.; Lucas-McLean, Juanita – Education Working Paper Archive, 2008
This report focuses on the initial design, implementation and baseline results of the five-year Longitudinal Educational Growth Study (LEGS) of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) being conducted by the School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP). The LEGS will be the first evaluation of the participant effects of the MPCP using…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Choice, Achievement Tests, Longitudinal Studies