More Than One Way To Read Voucher Study
The research war over private school vouchers rages on.
In August, researchers led by Paul E. Peterson, a professor at Harvard University, reported results from a three-city voucher experiment indicating that black students using vouchers to attend private schools had averaged 6 percentile points higher on a standardized test after two years than a control group that had applied for the vouchers but remained in public schools.
The study involved recipients of privately financed vouchers in New York City, Washington, and Dayton, Ohio. ( "Privately Financed Vouchers Help Black Students, Two Studies Find," ...
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