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Direct linkWolf, Patrick J. – Education Next, 2019
Student performance on standardized tests in Louisiana has trailed national averages for decades. In the 2017 8th-grade reading results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, Louisiana public schools tied for 42nd in the nation and rated significantly higher than only one jurisdiction, the District of Columbia. Only 25 percent of…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Educational Vouchers, State Programs, School Choice
Download full textMcShane, Michael Q.; Kisida, Brian; Jensen, Laura I.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2012
This report is the fifth in a series of annual reports produced by the School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP) providing descriptive information about the schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). Following a brief history of the MPCP, this year's report contains descriptive statistics about schools participating in…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness
Wolf, Patrick J.; Witte, John F.; Fleming, David J. – Education Next, 2012
Critics of voucher programs often argue that private schools do exclude most disabled students, and the matter occasionally has been the subject of litigation. Yet accurate information on students with disabilities served by private schools is notable for its absence. According to the authors, in 2006, the State of Wisconsin authorized their…
Descriptors: Special Education, Public Schools, Educational Vouchers, Private Schools
Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2008
This report provides an overview of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the author's plan for evaluating it over a five year period. It also presents a brief summary of the main findings of the four distinct topical reports that the author and his colleagues have completed for 2006-07--the baseline year of the evaluation. Those four…
Descriptors: School Choice, Longitudinal Studies, Research Reports, Program Evaluation
Howell, William G.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Peterson, Paul E.; Campbell, David E.; Greene, Jay P.; Goldhaber, Dan – Education Matters, 2001
Presents data from evaluations of school voucher programs in four cities, analyzing the effects on academic performance of switching from public to private schools. Overall, vouchers have a moderately large, positive effect on the achievement of African American students, but no discernable effect on the performance of students of other…
Descriptors: Black Students, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools
Howell, William G.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Peterson, Paul E.; Campbell, David E. – 2000
This paper responds to critics of an August 2000 paper that reported the effects of educational vouchers on student test scores in three cities. The report found that: (1) after 2 years, no students other than African Americans seemed to benefit from vouchers; and (2) African Americans in all three cities posted moderately large test score gains…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
