Student Attainment and the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. SCDP Milwaukee Evaluation. Report # 24

Autor/inn/en	Cowen, Joshua M.; Fleming, David J.; Witte, John F.; Wolf, Patrick J.
Institution	University of Arkansas, School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP)
Titel	Student Attainment and the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. SCDP Milwaukee Evaluation. Report # 24
Quelle	(2011), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Technical Institutes; School Choice; Family Characteristics; Educational Attainment; Statistical Significance; Grade 9; High School Graduates; College Attendance; Comparative Analysis; Surveys; Parent Attitudes; Student Records; Mothers; Family Income; Family Structure; Religion; Two Year Colleges; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technische Fakultät; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Elternverhalten; Schülerakte; Mother; Mutter; Familieneinkommen; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem
Abstract	In this report the authors examine high school completion and postsecondary enrollment (a.k.a. "educational attainment") of the cohort of 9th grade students who were in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) at the beginning of their state-mandated evaluation of the MPCP in 2006. After tracking the MPCP 9th graders following the 2006-07 year and comparing them to a carefully matched sample of 9th graders who were in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) during the 2006-07 year, they use a combination of parent surveys and administrative (school) records to estimate attainment. Overall, the primary finding of this report is that MPCP students had slightly higher rates of attainment than their MPS counterparts. This difference is primarily explained by the fact that more MPCP than MPS students both graduated from high school and enrolled in a four-year college. Some of the MPCP attainment benefit appears to be due to family background, as the attainment differences between their MPCP and MPS samples become smaller and lose statistical significance when they control for such factors as mother's education, income, two-parent families, and religious attendance in attending a two-year or technical college. Students in both sectors were far more likely to graduate and enroll in college if they remained in their initial sector (always in MPCP or always in MPS) from 2006-07 to 2009-10. This effect was stronger than any other attainment outcome they estimated, although it was particularly strong for MPCP students. Appended are: (1) Covariates and 2010 Graduation Survey Response Information; and (2) Other Model Results: Ordered Probit Estimates of Overall Attainment. (Contains 16 tables, 2 figures and 10 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	School Choice Demonstration Project. Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, 201 Graduate Education Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Tel: 479-575-3172; Fax: 479-575-3196; e-mail: edreform@uark.edu; Web site: http://www.uark.edu/ua/der/SCDP.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10