Life After Vouchers: What Happens to Students Who Leave Private Schools for the Traditional Public Sector?

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dc.contributor.authorDeven Carlson
dc.contributor.authorJoshua M. Cowen
dc.contributor.authorDavid J. Fleming
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:54:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:32:31Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:54:00Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:32:31Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-01
dc.description.abstractFew school choice evaluations consider students who leave such programs, and fewer still consider the effects of leaving these programs as policy-relevant outcomes. Using a representative sample of students from the citywide voucher program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, we analyze more than 1,000 students who leave the program during a 4-year period. We show that low-performing voucher students tend to move from the voucher sector into lower performing and less effective public schools than the typical public school student attends, whereas high-performing students transfer to better public schools. In general, transferring students realize substantial achievement gains after moving to the public sector; these results are robust to multiple analytical approaches. This evidence has important implications for school choice policy and research.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationCarlson, D., Cowen, J. M., & Fleming, D. J. (2013). Life After Vouchers: What Happens to Students Who Leave Private Schools for the Traditional Public Sector? Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 35(2), 179-199. doi: 10.3102/0162373712461852en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3102/0162373712461852en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25567
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEducational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectschool vouchersen_US
dc.subjectstudent achievementen_US
dc.subjectprogram evaluationen_US
dc.subjectattritionen_US
dc.titleLife After Vouchers: What Happens to Students Who Leave Private Schools for the Traditional Public Sector?en_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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