ERIC Number: EJ927777
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jun
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
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Public School Response to Special Education Vouchers: The Impact of Florida's McKay Scholarship Program on Disability Diagnosis and Student Achievement in Public Schools
Winters, Marcus A.; Greene, Jay P.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v33 n2 p138-158 Jun 2011
The authors expand on research evaluating public school response to school choice policies by considering the particular influence of voucher programs for disabled students--a growing type of choice program that may have different implications for public school systems from those of more conventional choice programs. The authors provide a theoretical framework to show that special education vouchers could influence both school quality and the likelihood that a school will choose to identify the marginal child as disabled. Using a rich panel data set from Florida, the authors find some evidence that competition from a voucher program for disabled students decreased the likelihood that a student was diagnosed as having a mild disability and was positively related to academic achievement in the public schools. (Contains 11 tables and 14 notes.)
Descriptors: Evidence, Public Schools, Mild Disabilities, School Choice, Scholarships, Educational Vouchers, Special Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational Quality, Competition, Test Results, Student Records, Statistical Analysis, Policy Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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