One way to do that is to
compare different types of school choice policies operating side - by - side within countries.
Not exact matches
Variables that measure student differences based on participation in government programs are problematic, however, especially when
comparing different school sectors, since government - run public
schools are much more likely to participate in such programs than are privately run
schools, even if both
types of schools have similar student populations.
The ideal situation to assess the impact
of tracking on test scores
of different groups
of students would be one in which students were assigned to tracking or nontracking
schools randomly, and the performance
of students could be
compared across
school types.
A 2009 literature review
of the within - country studies
comparing outcomes among
different types of school systems worldwide revealed that the most market - like and least regulated education systems tended to produce student outcomes superior to more heavily regulated systems, including those with a substantial number state - funded and regulated private
schools.
The research uses a maths model that attempts to strip away some
of the problems
of comparing different school types.
If you'd like to sort through the PARCC data yourself, and
compare the scores at
different schools for
different types of students (black, white, male, female, etc.), you can use the interactive graphs below.
5 Rebecca Allen (18th May 2015), «We can not
compare the effectiveness
of schools with
different types of intakes», [blog post].
A 2009 literature review
of the within - country studies
comparing outcomes among
different types of school systems worldwide revealed that the most market - like and least regulated education systems tend to produce student outcomes superior to more heavily regulated systems, including those with a substantial number
of state - funded and regulated private
schools.