Vouchers fail to boost student achievement, says government report. (People & Events).Students receiving privately funded vouchers to attend non-public schools do not show significant gains in academic performance, a new report from the federal government indicates. The General Accounting Office examined privately funded voucher A receipt or release which provides evidence of payment or other discharge of a debt, often for purposes of reimbursement, or attests to the accuracy of the accounts. programs in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , D.C. and Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. . In Washington it found that voucher students initially did better in math but worse in reading than their public school counterparts. After three years, both groups were performing at the same rate. The Dayton voucher students did slightly better in reading, but researchers said the gain was not statistically significant. In New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , black voucher students did slightly better in reading and math than public school students, but Latino voucher students performed at the same rate as those in public schools. Voucher boosters have claimed for years that allowing students to attend religious and other private schools at taxpayer expense will boost the test scores of low-income students. To date, no objective study has bolstered bol·ster n. A long narrow pillow or cushion. tr.v. bol·stered, bol·ster·ing, bol·sters 1. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion. 2. that claim. Faced with the academic failure of vouchers, supporters are now claiming that parents of voucher students simply like private schools better. They assert that this increased parental satisfaction will somehow translate into academic success. Voucher critics are skeptical. They counter that while parental satisfaction is important, it's no substitute for solid academic gains. Colleges, they say, are not likely to take parental satisfaction into account when considering applications from voucher students with low test scores and poor academic performance. |
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