Document Type
Report
Publication Date
3-1-2009
Keywords
Choice of School; Private Schools; Student Assessment
Abstract
he District of Columbia School Choice Incentive Act of 2003, passed by Congress in January 2004, established the first federally funded, private school voucher program in the United States. As part of this legislation, Congress mandated a rigorous evaluation of the impacts of the Program, now called the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). This report presents findings from the evaluation of the impacts 3 years after families who applied were given the option to move from a public school to a participating private school of their choice.
Citation
Wolf, Patrick, Babette Gutmann, Michael Puma, Brian Kisida, Lou Rizzo, and Nada Eissa. Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years (NCEE 2009-4050). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20094050/
Comments
Study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education