ERIC Number: ED574515
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Feb
Pages: 52
Abstractor: As Provided
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The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement after Two Years. Technical Report. Louisiana Scholarship Program Evaluation Report #1
Mills, Jonathan N.; Wolf, Patrick J.
School Choice Demonstration Project
The Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) is a statewide initiative offering publicly-funded vouchers to enroll in local private schools to students in low-performing schools with family income no greater than 250 percent of the poverty line. Initially established in 2008 as a pilot program in New Orleans, the LSP was expanded statewide in 2012. This paper examines the experimental effects of using an LSP scholarship to enroll in a private school on student achievement in the first two years following the program's expansion. Our results indicate that the use of an LSP scholarship has negatively impacted both ELA and math achievement, although only the latter estimates are statistically significant. Moreover, we observe less negative effect estimates in the second year of the program.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Vouchers, Randomized Controlled Trials, Scholarships, Private Schools, School Choice, Low Income Students, Scores, Selective Admission, Competitive Selection, Admission (School), Outcomes of Education, Regression (Statistics), State Departments of Education, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Educational Assessment, Research Design, Mathematics Achievement, English Instruction, Language Arts, Public Schools, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Statistical Significance, Statistical Analysis
School Choice Demonstration Project. Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, 201 Graduate Education Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Tel: 479-575-3172; Fax: 479-575-3196; e-mail: edreform@uark.edu; Web site: http://www.uaedreform.org/school-choice-demonstration-project
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 3; Primary Education; Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Grade 6; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
Sponsor: Smith Richardson Foundation
Authoring Institution: University of Arkansas, School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP); Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA)
Identifiers - Location: Louisiana (New Orleans)
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