The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 authorized parents to remove their children from low-performing schools and receive school vouchers from the government to pay for alternative instruction, such as private school tuition or home schooling costs. RAND has conducted several groundbreaking studies on the effect of school vouchers on student achievement and other educational outcomes.
Research conducted by: RAND Education
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
It is unclear if vouchers increase educational productivity or are purely redistributive, benefiting recipients by giving them access to more desirable peers at others' expense. To examine this, the authors study an educational voucher programme in Colombia which allocated vouchers by lottery.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
This chapter presents evidence on the impact of a voucher program implemented in 1991 in Colombia. Specifically, the analysis is centered on the mechanism by which the program increased learning outcomes.
REPORT
Vouchers and charter schools are two of the most prominent and far-reaching forms of family-choice policies currently in evidence in the nation's schools. An updated version of the report Rhetoric Versus Reality takes a detailed look at what is known about the effects of school choice.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief describes work documented in Rhetoric Versus Reality: What We Know and What We Need to Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools (MR-1118-EDU).
JOURNAL ARTICLE
The school voucher debate has centered on the theoretical merits of allowing families greater choice between private and public schooling alternatives, but has provided few insights into how families currently choose between public and private schools.
REPORT
This report presents the findings of an analysis of the fiscal effects of Proposition 174, a school-voucher initiative that appeared on the California ballot.
REPORT
This report is an executive summary of RAND/MR-364-LE, which summarizes the findings of an analysis of the fiscal effects of Proposition 174, a school-voucher initiative that appeared on the California November 1993 ballot.
REPORT
This study examines the Alumn Rock School District's attempt to install vouchers within the public school system.
REPORT
A section-by-section condensation of R-1495.
REPORT
Presents further discussion and data supplemental to various sections of R-1495, the central report.
REPORT
Reports on the first year of a large-scale educational and social intervention that began in the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District, San Jose, California, in 1972.
PEOPLE
Senior Economist
Ph.D. in economics, Johns Hopkins University; M.S. in economics, Illinois Institute of Technology; B.S. in economics, Illinois Institute of Technology
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