Public oversight improves test scores in voucher schools
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 11:43
in Mathematics & Economics
Requiring private schools that receive public money to report student test scores improves academic achievement and ultimately enhances school choice, a argues. Researchers found that voucher schools in Milwaukee saw a large jump in math and reading scores the year after a new law required them to release the results. During the four years before the law was enacted, math and reading scores declined or remained stagnant.