>Perfect time for the vouchers argument in Atlanta. > why vouchers do not necessarily work. The best research I found indicated that they only benefit an extremely small number of students, and do not benefit the ones intended its supposed to.
Many of the studies commonly cited by voucher proponents were funded by ideological supporters, with results not supported by independent, objective research. Moreover, reputable research on voucher programs in Milwaukee, Cleveland and Washington, DC indicates that these programs produce few if any statistically significant positive effects on student achievement. Publicly-funded vouchers have been linked to slight increases and decreases in reading and math scores, ranging from -.03 to .11 in effect size, but these effects are neither statistically significant nor meaningful change. In a recent study, students in Milwaukeeâs voucher program performed worse than or about the same as students in Milwaukee Public Schools in math and reading on statewide tests. Similar results have been found in the DC schools. In short, there is little evidence that vouchers increase educational achievement for students who utilize vouchers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339985 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
