The school-choice movement was shaken last year, when two major studies appeared showing negative academic outcomes for participants in choice programs. A Thomas B. Fordham Institute study showed modest academic declines for students in Ohio's Educational Choice Scholarship program, though it assessed only one segment of participants and did not use a “gold-standard” randomized control trial (RCT) methodology. More troublingly, a methodologically robust study of the Louisiana Scholarship Program showed dramatic test-score declines for students who had received state-issued vouchers to attend private schools.
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