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Forster, Greg – Foundation for Educational Choice, 2011
This report collects the results of all available empirical studies using the best available scientific methods to measure how school vouchers affect academic outcomes for participants, and all available studies on how vouchers affect outcomes in public schools. Contrary to the widespread claim that vouchers do not benefit participants and hurt…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Choice, Competition, Program Effectiveness
Forster, Greg; D'Andrea, Christian – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2009
This study examines the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program, one of the nation's largest school choice programs. It is the first ever completed empirical evaluation of a tax-credit scholarship program, a type of program that creates school choice through the tax code. Earlier reports, including a recent one on the Florida program, have not…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Tax Credits
Forster, Greg – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2006
Many states are considering a form a school choice known as "tax-credit scholarships," which currently provide school choice to almost 60,000 students in Arizona, Florida and Pennsylvania, which and have just been enacted in Iowa. This guide shows how tax-credit scholarships work and introduces the scholarship granting organizations that…
Descriptors: School Choice, Scholarships, Educational Legislation, State Legislation
Forster, Greg – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2005
This report provides a summary of the process parents must go through to participate in each of the nation's school choice programs, identifying problem areas in some programs. For the first time in one place, this report collects data on participation in each of the programs in current and previous years. Data are given for the number of students…
Descriptors: Tax Credits, Eligibility, School Choice, Scholarships