WWC Quick Review of the Report "Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years"

Title:	WWC Quick Review of the Report "Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years"
Description:	The study examined whether the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which offers vouchers to students to attend private schools, improved the reading and math achievement of low-income students. The study analyzed data on about 1,500 K-12 students in the District of Columbia who applied for vouchers through the program in either 2004 or 2005. Each year, if the number of eligible applicants exceeded the number of vouchers available, vouchers were awarded through a random lottery. The study measured the effect of the program by comparing the achievement of students who were offered a voucher through the lottery to the achievement of students who entered the lottery but were not offered a voucher. Student achievement in reading and math was measured using a standardized test administered three years after the lottery was conducted.
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Cover Date:	February 2010
Web Release:	February 23, 2010
Publication #:	WWC QRED0210
Center/Program:	WWC
Associated Centers:	NCEE
Authors:	WWC
Type of Product:	Quick Review
Keywords:	Achievement (Student) • mathematics • reading Charter School Choice of School
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