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> Students who received vouchers in Louisiana learned less than their peers: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/artic https://www.theadvocat
by bitshiftfaced 5y ago
> Students who received vouchers in Louisiana learned less than their peers: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/artic https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/artic...
Looks like that study wasn't peer-reviewed, and compared voucher students with those of the general population. A later study compared voucher students with those who applied for vouchers but didn't win the vouchers, and the bad effects largely disappeared:
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2017/6/26/21107301/students-given-vouchers-in-louisiana-do-worse-than-their-peers-but-new-research-shows-some-kids-catc https://www.chalkbeat.org/2017/6/26/21107301/students-given-...
With school choice, bad schools are finally allowed to die and be replaced with good schools.