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Patrick J. Wolf; Jay P. Greene; James D. Paul; Matthew Ladner – Journal of School Choice, 2024
School choice is spreading across the U.S. at the same time that scores on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) are stagnant. We examine the association between education freedom and 8th grade student NAEP score levels and gains in states in 2019. We construct the 2019 Education Freedom Index as a composite measure of the…
Descriptors: School Choice, National Competency Tests, Academic Achievement, Private Schools
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Wilkens, Christian P.; Kalenda, Peter J. – Journal of School Choice, 2019
The State of Alaska, by some measures the United States' most rural state, has long supported correspondence schools, a popular school choice option available to all students statewide and used primarily by homeschooled students. This paper first explores Alaska correspondence schools in historical context, and then quantifies capture rate,…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Charter Schools, Graduation Rate, Home Schooling
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Walters, Chelsey; Baker, Alesha – Journal of School Choice, 2020
Students attending a University-ModelĀ® school participate in a hybrid approach to education which combines homeschooling with private education. This allows parents a primary role in their child(ren)'s education with the guidance of licensed teachers. The question of how students' academic needs are addressed in this model remains unexplored. This…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Home Schooling, Parent Role