The Impact Of School Choice Reforms On Student Achievement

One of the most common and most widely disputed claims about school choice is that it will lead to improved student learning and performance on standardized tests. With growing interest in school choice and the expansion and improvement of state accountability systems, an increasing number of studies have taken up the question of whether student performance improves in the many school choice models relative to performance in comparable non-choice schools. This chapter closely examines a wide range of evidence regarding school choice and its impact on student achievement.