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How Has the Louisiana Scholarship Program Affected Students?

A policy brief by Jonathan N. Mills, Anna J. Egalite, and Patrick J. Wolf summarizing four accompanying technical reports on the affects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

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How Has the Louisiana Scholarship Program Affected Students?

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by Jonathan N. Mills, Anna J. Egalite, Patrick J. Wolf

How Has the Louisiana Scholarship Program Affected Students after Two Years?

One of the cen­tral debates about school reform is whether or not school choice improves stu­dent out­comes. School choice reforms, which com­prise a broad cat­e­go­ry of poli­cies aimed at improv­ing pub­lic edu­ca­tion through the intro­duc­tion of mar­ket forces that may stim­u­late cus­tomer choice and com­pe­ti­tion between schools, have grown par­tic­u­lar­ly pop­u­lar since the 1990s. Pri­vate school vouch­ers, which pro­vide pub­lic funds for stu­dents to attend K‑12 pri­vate schools, are one exam­ple of an edu­ca­tion reform that intro­duces choice and com­pe­ti­tion. This eval­u­a­tion focus­es on the impacts of the vouch­er pro­gram known as the Louisiana Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram, address­ing four research ques­tions to deter­mine its direct and indi­rect effects on Louisiana’s stu­dents. The Effects of the Louisiana Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram on Stu­dent Achieve­ment After Two Years Mea­sures of Stu­dent Non-Cog­ni­tive Skills and Polit­i­cal Tol­er­ance After Two Years of the Louisiana Schol­ar­ship Program The Impact of the Louisiana Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram on Racial Seg­re­ga­tion in Louisiana Schools The Com­pet­i­tive Effects of the Louisiana Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram on Pub­lic School Performance

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