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Book/Printed Material Do accountability and voucher threats improve low-performing schools?

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Title

  • Do accountability and voucher threats improve low-performing schools?

Summary

  • "In this paper we study the effects of the threat of school vouchers and school stigma in Florida on the performance of "low-performing" schools using student-level data from a subset of districts. Estimates of the change in school-level high-stakes test scores from the first year of the reform are consistent with the early results used by the state of Florida to claim large-scale improvements associated with the threat of voucher assignment. However, we also find that much of this estimated effect may be due to other factors. While we estimate a small relative improvement in reading scores on the high-stakes test for voucher-threatened/stigmatized schools, we estimate a much smaller relative improvement on a lower-stakes, nationally norm-referenced, test. Further, the relative gains in reading scores are explained largely by changing student characteristics. We find more evidence for a positive differential effect on math test scores on both the low- and highstakes tests, however, the results from the lower-stakes test appear primarily limited to students in the high-stakes grade. Finally, we find some evidence that the relative improvements following the introduction of the A Plan by low-performing schools were more due to the stigma of receiving the low grade rather than the threat of vouchers"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • Figlio, David N.
  • Rouse, Cecilia Elena
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2005.

Headings

  • -  Educational accountability--Florida
  • -  Educational vouchers--Florida
  • -  School improvement programs--Florida

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 9/23/2005.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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  • HB1

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  • 2005618926

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Figlio, David N, Cecilia Elena Rouse, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Do Accountability and Voucher Threats Improve Low-Performing Schools?. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005618926/.

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Figlio, D. N., Rouse, C. E. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2005) Do Accountability and Voucher Threats Improve Low-Performing Schools?. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005618926/.

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Figlio, David N, Cecilia Elena Rouse, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Do Accountability and Voucher Threats Improve Low-Performing Schools?. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005618926/>.