School Vouchers in Washington, DC: Achievement Impacts and Their Implications for Social Justice

Autor/in	Wolf, Patrick J.
Titel	School Vouchers in Washington, DC: Achievement Impacts and Their Implications for Social Justice
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 16 (2010) 2, S.131-150 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Private Schools; Poverty; Program Effectiveness; Scholarships; Educational Vouchers; Urban Schools; Disadvantaged Youth; At Risk Students; Equal Education; Educational Quality; Program Evaluation; Politics of Education; Educational Legislation; Access to Education; Reading Achievement; Achievement Gains; Mathematics Achievement; Parent Attitudes; School Safety; Student Attitudes; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Private school; Privatschule; Armut; Scholarship; Stipendium; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Leseleistung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Elternverhalten; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is a school voucher initiative targeted to disadvantaged students in the US Capital. Vouchers worth up to $7,500 annually are awarded by lottery to students with family incomes near or below the federal poverty line. Students can then use their voucher at any of 60 participating private schools in DC. Is this program just? From the perspective of Rawlsian liberalism, an education program is just if it expands opportunity equally for all or at least improves the prospects for the "least advantaged" affected group. Since the OSP is a targeted program and not universally available to all students, it must satisfy Rawls's second condition, called "the difference principle", in order to be viewed as just. Evidence from a rigorous evaluation of the program suggests that the DC voucher program advances the cause of social justice, but with an important caveat. (Contains 6 tables and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10