Positive Voucher Audit Still Raises Questions
A voluminous new audit of the Milwaukee voucher program has heartened supporters of the initiative, but also prompted renewed calls to increase state monitoring of participating schools.
The 174-page review, released this month by Wisconsin's Legislative Audit Bureau, primarily details the amount spent so far on the 9-year-old program, the racial and ethnic backgrounds of the children served, and the types of schools taking part. But it also points out that the state does not collect key pieces of information, including student-performance data.
"If accountability is good and fair for the public schools, why isn't it fair for the schools in the voucher program?" state Superintendent of Public Instruction John T. Benson said in...
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