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Download full textBaker, Bruce – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
The new "Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2009" from the Reason Foundation provides a simple framework for touting the successes of states and urban school districts that grant greater fiscal autonomy to schools. The report defines the Weighted Student Formula (WSF) reform extremely broadly, presenting a variety of reforms under the WSF umbrella.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Urban Schools, Research Reports, Change Strategies
Carnoy, Martin – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
The third-year evaluation of the federally funded Washington, D.C. voucher program shows that low-income students offered vouchers in the first two years of the program had modestly higher reading scores after three years but showed no significant difference in mathematics. Students were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups, and the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Private Schools, Program Effectiveness, Scoring
Belfield, Clive – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
A report from the School Choice Demonstration Project examines issues concerning the funding formula used for the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). It finds that the program generates a net saving to taxpayers in Wisconsin but imposes a significant fiscal burden on taxpayers in Milwaukee. However, these findings depend significantly on how…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, School Choice, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness
Miron, Gary; Applegate, Brooks – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University conducted a large-scale analysis of the impact of charter schools on student performance. The center's data covered 65-70% of the nation's charter schools. Although results varied by state, 17% of the charter school students have significantly higher math results than …
Descriptors: Evidence, Traditional Schools, Charter Schools, Program Effectiveness
Reardon, Sean F. – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
"How New York City's Charter Schools Affect Achievement" estimates the effects on student achievement of attending a New York City charter school rather than a traditional public school and investigates the characteristics of charter schools associated with the most positive effects on achievement. Because the report relies on an…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating
Cobb, Casey D. – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
The study under review is the second-year evaluation report of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), a publicly funded voucher program that allows low-income students in Milwaukee to attend secular and religious private schools in that city. Its primary finding is that there were no overall statistically significant differences in…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Research Methodology, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
