An Evaluation of the Horizon Scholarship Program in the Edgewood Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas: The First Year

Paul E. Peterson, David Myers and William G. Howell

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Abstract: Looks at a privately funded voucher program, finding minimal differences in math scores and modest differences in reading scores between voucher students and their public school counterparts, while also noting that the voucher program seems to be serving the working poor.

Keywords: EDUCATION; VOUCHERS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39
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