Sentences with phrase «comparing voucher recipients»

Instead, it says that researchers must use a «quasi-experimental» design, comparing voucher recipients to students with «similar backgrounds» in D.C. public and public charter schools.

Not exact matches

The inadequate number of eligible applicants has led federal officials to drop plans for a study that would have compared the achievement of voucher recipients with that of students who requested the grants but didn't receive them.

Teske and Schneider note that the existing empirical work on school vouchers is quite positive on a variety of issues: academic considerations appear paramount when parents choose schools; voucher recipients are more satisfied with their schools than their peers within public schools; and vouchers lead to «clear performance gains for some groups of students using the vouchers, particularly blacks, compared with the control group.»

As a practical matter, this makes it impossible to accurately compare the performance of voucher recipients to their public school counterparts.