MPCP Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Fourth Year Report

Authors

John F. Witte, University of Wisconsin-MadisonFollow
Deven Carlson, Wisconsin Center for Educational ResearchFollow
Joshua M. Cowen, University of KentuckyFollow
David J. Fleming, Furman UniversityFollow
Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

3-1-2011

Abstract

This is the fourth-year report in a five-year evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). This report features analyses of student achievement growth three years after we carefully assembled longitudinal study panels of MPCP and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) students in 2006-07. The MPCP, which began in 1990, provides government-funded vouchers for low-income children to attend private schools in the City of Milwaukee. The maximum voucher amount in 2009-10 was $6,442, and 20,899 children used a voucher to attend either secular or religious private schools. The MPCP is the oldest and largest urban school voucher program in the United States. is evaluation was authorized by 2005 Wisconsin Act 125, which was enacted in 2006.

Citation

Witte, J. F., Carlson, D., Cowen, J. M., Fleming, D. J., & Wolf, P. J. (2011). MPCP Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Fourth Year Report. School Choice Demonstration Project. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/scdp/67