Sentences with phrase «student receiving vouchers»

And the achievement of students receiving vouchers appears to be as high as or higher than that of students in comparable public schools.

Participating private schools with unacceptable ratings are barred from accepting new students receiving vouchers for the following year.

Conversely, the percentage of white students receiving vouchers increased from 46 percent in the first year to 60 percent in 2016 — 17.

A number of the school's students receive vouchers for tuition assistance.

This makes sense, since the majority of students receiving vouchers are in early elementary school.

More than 3,900 Indiana students received vouchers in 2011 - 12, the program's inaugural year.

The families of nearly 100,000 Florida students received vouchers worth about $ 544 million this year as the Legislature has steadily increased support for the programs.

Finally, the author recommends funding the WPCP through the state's general - purpose revenue, paying for statewide school vouchers through state taxes instead of placing the burden on taxpayers living in communities where students receive vouchers.

The families of nearly 100,000 Florida students received vouchers worth about $ 544 million this year as the Legislature has steadily...

If LSP funding is increased so that all waitlist students receive vouchers, the number of voucher users would still be about 120 smaller than last year.

Of the 7,400 students receiving vouchers last year, more than 85 percent were African American.

In the Senate Education Committee, the debate was limited to amendments dealing with implementation: how long private schools had to operate before participating, what tests students receiving vouchers would have to take, what agency would be responsible for the costs of auditing the program.

In studies using test scores as the outcome, matching is much more effective, because the treatment and comparison groups of students can be matched on their scores — the variable of interest — before students receive vouchers.

Meanwhile, also on Monday, studies of two existing voucher programs in Louisiana and Indiana were released showing that after an initial backslide, students receiving vouchers make up ground and perform roughly as well as their public school peers after a few years.

Most provide religious - based education and may charge tuition to private - paying students and, in some cases, to high school students receiving vouchers.

DPI spokesman John Johnson said it's not appropriate to compare students receiving vouchers to public school students considered to be economically disadvantaged because the income limits for both are «substantially different.»

For each of the following voucher systems, students receive the voucher entitlement instead of attending public school or were never enrolled in a public school in the first place depending on the requirements of the program.

Nearly 6,500 low - income D.C. students received vouchers between 2004 and 2016; currently, they are worth up to $ 8,452 for elementary and middle - school students and up to $ 12,679 for high school students.

One of the biggest takeaways from this year's report is more and more students receiving a voucher to attend a private school never attended a public school.

So, twenty years after the enactment of Milwaukee's program, a growing body of research shows that students receiving vouchers do as well and often better than their peers in public schools and at a fraction of the taxpayer cost.

The number of students receiving vouchers increased to 1,324.

Approximately 10 percent of students attend private schools and less than 1 percent of students receives a voucher in the 13 states (and the District of Columbia) that have voucher programs.

Horizon Christian Academy, for example, had three campuses at which 85 percent of students received vouchers in 2015 - 2016, bringing in a total of $ 2.8 million in state funds.

As of the 2015 - 16 school year, 7,110 students received vouchers worth $ 5,856 on average.

The number of Indiana students receiving vouchers increased by almost half during the 2014 - 2015 school year.

Supporters of the program sought the change as the number of students receiving vouchers, which are worth up to $ 6,300, neared the previous state cap.

(In 2013 — 14, 171 students received these vouchers.)

34,299 students received vouchers and 313 private schools participated during the 2016 — 17 academic year.

Over 20,000 applications for vouchers were received, and about 1,300 students received a voucher.

This matched - sample analysis from Milwaukee shows significant gains in high - school graduation rates for students receiving vouchers.

Trying to save face and still limit the reach of the voucher program, Holder and DOJ asked federal district judge Ivan Lemelle to force the state to provide data on the students receiving vouchers and to give DOJ authority to veto vouchers for particular students.

Ohio did not conduct lotteries, but state assessments were administered to all students receiving vouchers, and the study matched students using vouchers to similar students that did not use them.

More than 34,000 students received vouchers to attend more than 300 private schools in the recently ended (2016 - 2017) school year.

As we consider the merits of private - school choice and what it would take to make it succeed, this initiative deserves particular attention: it is the nation's largest voucher program, accounting for nearly 20 percent of all voucher students nationwide, with 34,299 students receiving vouchers and 313 private schools participating during the 2016 — 17 academic year.

Statewide, students receiving vouchers were low - achieving before entering private schools (on average, performing at the 42nd percentile compared to public - and private - school students statewide).

In fact, if anything, the current research shows stronger impacts for students receiving vouchers than for students attending charter schools.

At Archbishop Carroll High School, where 40 percent of students receive vouchers, principal Mary Elizabeth Blaufuss agrees.

Annette Miles declined to say how many of her 70 students receive vouchers.

During the 2011 - 12 school year, 3,919 students received vouchers to attend a private school of their choice.

Across the three programs — Milwaukee, Racine and statewide — a total of 36,249 students received a voucher to attend one of the 238 participating private schools.

According to the IDOE's report, half of the students receiving vouchers never attended a public school.

Since the program was created two years ago, the majority of students receiving vouchers were already attending private schools, which has served as the basis for critics» arguments against expansion.

The real question is: Does the LSP improve the education of students receiving the vouchers, giving them a choice of schools they wish to attend?

Mundell used to teach at a top - rated Indianapolis private school where less than 5 percent of students receive vouchers.

In 2014 - 15, nearly 7500 students received vouchers.

Since many of these students received vouchers through a lottery, these results are especially telling.