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Peer reviewedLadd, Helen F.; Fiske, Edward B. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2003
Measured how competition among New Zealand's schools have affected student learning as perceived by teachers and principals. Findings suggest the competition brought about by New Zealand's implementation of full parental choice in 1992 has had negative effects on the quality of student learning and other aspects of schooling in New Zealand…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textLadd, Helen F. – Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University (NJ1), 2003
Although small, carefully managed voucher programs might provide a helpful safety valve for some disadvantaged children, policy makers should be under no illusion that such programs will address the fundamental challenge of providing an adequate education to the large numbers of such students in many urban centers. Contrary to the claims of many…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, Socioeconomic Influences, Racial Factors
Ladd, Helen F. – 2002
This paper is for policymakers, advocates, and analysts who understand that the issues surrounding the introduction of more market-based mechanisms into education are complex and who accept the view that evidence is useful in sorting out the issues. It uses the market framework of demand, supply, and market pricing to organize the extensive but…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Competition, Educational Change, Educational Policy
