Josh Cowen, professor of education policy at Michigan State University, summarizes the latest research on vouchers for the Brown Center Chalkboard, a publication of the Brookings Institution.
He finds several salient points:
- In 2023 alone, seven states passed new school voucher programs and nine expanded existing plans—highlighting a push that is largely coming from red states.
- The last decade of achievement studies have shown negative voucher impacts, with more mixed or inconclusive results on attainment.
- Data from traditional voucher programs has indicated that the larger the program, the worse the results tend to be.
- Most students who use vouchers never attended public schools.
- Many private schools raise their tuition to take advantage of voucher funding.
- Many pop-up schools of dubious quality are created to receive voucher money.
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