A new study from Northwestern University professor David Figlio analyzes student achievement in an experimental voucher program in Florida. An editorial in today's St. Petersburg Times says there is no reason to continue the experiment.
[A] new study by a Northwestern University economics professor suggests vouchers don't deliver on that primary objective. Without evidence that vouchers give poor children a better education, there is no reason to continue this experiment. Vouchers do not appear to be providing a better education. They are stripping resources from public schools, and they violate the state Constitution
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…David Figlio found students in the Corporate Tax Credit voucher program performed no better or worse academically than voucher-eligible students who chose to stay in public school.
