Take Mr. Bedrick's central thesis that in Louisiana, «[t] he high level of private school regulation appears to have driven away better schools while attracting primarily lower - performing schools with declining enrollments that were desperate for more funding.» (educationnext.org)
The high level of private school regulation appears to have driven away better schools.» (educationnext.org)
The results are tested for robustness to alternative ways of quantifying private school regulation, and to alternative regression models, and the question of causality is addressed. (cato.org)