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The education gap : vouchers and urban schools / William G. Howell, Paul E. Peterson, with Patrick J. Wolf and David E. Campbell.
LIBRA LB2828.8 .H69 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howell, William G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational vouchers--United States.
- Educational vouchers.
- United States.
- School choice--United States.
- School choice.
- Education, Urban--United States.
- Education, Urban.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 275 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- While the merits of vouchers have been the subject of intense public debate in recent years, there has been very little available evidence upon which to gauge their efficacy. The Education Gap is the first book to gather a significant body of data on vouchers in multiple locations, and it reveals startling new evidence that voucher programs benefit African-American students more than participants from other ethnic groups.
- Contents:
- School choice and American democracy
- Evaluating voucher programs
- Seeking and using a voucher
- Attending urban schools
- Social consequences
- The urban test score gap
- Satisfaction with urban schools
- Vouchers and urban schools.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815702140
- OCLC:
- 49249584
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