School Vouchers and Student Achievement: Recent Evidence and Remaining Questions

Autor/inn/en	Rouse, Cecilia Elena; Barrow, Lisa
Titel	School Vouchers and Student Achievement: Recent Evidence and Remaining Questions
Quelle	In: Annual Review of Economics, 1 (2009), S.17-42 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1391
DOI	10.1146/annurev.economics.050708.143354
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Educational Vouchers; Academic Achievement; School Choice; Achievement Gains; Statistical Significance; Public Schools; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; School Effectiveness; Educational Improvement; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Elementary Secondary Education; Competition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Schulleistung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Schuleffizienz; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Wettkampf
Abstract	In this article, we review the empirical evidence on the impact of education vouchers on student achievement and briefly discuss the evidence from other forms of school choice. The best research to date finds relatively small achievement gains for students offered education vouchers, most of which are not statistically different from zero. Furthermore, what little evidence exists regarding the potential for public schools to respond to increased competitive pressure generated by vouchers suggests that one should remain wary that large improvements would result from a more comprehensive voucher system. The evidence from other forms of school choice is also consistent with this conclusion. Many questions remain unanswered, however, including whether vouchers have longer-run impacts on outcomes such as graduation rates, college enrollment, or even future wages, and whether vouchers might nevertheless provide a cost-neutral alternative to our current system of public education provision at the elementary and secondary school level. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01