Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers. Working Paper 46

Autor/inn/en	Figlio, David N.; Hart, Cassandra M. D.
Institution	Urban Institute, National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
Titel	Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers. Working Paper 46
Quelle	(2010), (68 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Public Schools; Private Schools; Tax Credits; Eligibility; School Choice; Outcomes of Education; Competition; Scholarships; Educational Vouchers; Low Income Groups; Achievement Gains; Access to Education; Scores; Achievement Tests; Urban Schools; Metropolitan Areas; Educational Quality; Racial Differences; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Steuerermäßigung; Eignung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Wettkampf; Scholarship; Stipendium; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Ballungsraum; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	Voucher options like tuition tax credit-funded scholarship programs have become increasingly popular in recent years. One argument for such school choice policies is that public schools will improve the quality of education they offer when faced with competition for their students. This study examines the effects of private school competition on public school students' test scores in the wake of Florida's Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship program (now the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program) which offered scholarships to eligible low-income students to attend private schools. The authors examine whether students in public schools that were exposed to a more competitive private school landscape saw greater improvements in their students' test scores after the introduction of the scholarship program, than did students in schools that faced less competition. The degree of competition is characterized by several geo-coded variables that capture students' ease of access to private schools, and the variety of nearby private school options available to students. Findings show greater degrees of competition are associated with greater improvements in students' test scores following the introduction of the program. The findings are not an artifact of pre-policy trends; the degree of competition from nearby private schools matters only after the announcement of the new program, which makes nearby private competitors more affordable for eligible students. Also, schools that we would expect to be most sensitive to competitive pressure see larger improvements in their test scores as a result of increased competition. The findings suggest that means-tested voucher and scholarship programs may be an effective way of improving educational outcomes for low-income students. (Contains 8 tables, 14 figures and 18 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10