The Comprehensive Longitudinal Evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: Summary of Baseline Reports. SCDP Milwaukee Evaluation Report #1

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16

School Choice; Longitudinal Studies; Research Reports; Program Evaluation; Educational Vouchers; School Restructuring; Educational Testing; Institutional Characteristics; Cost Effectiveness; Funding Formulas; Demonstration Programs; Program Descriptions; Research Design

This report provides an overview of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the author's plan for evaluating it over a five year period. It also presents a brief summary of the main findings of the four distinct topical reports that the author and his colleagues have completed for 2006-07--the baseline year of the evaluation. Those four specialized reports are: (1) Fiscal Impact of the MPCP in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, 1993-2008 (Report #2); (2) Baseline Descriptive Report on Participating Schools (Report #3); (3) Annual School Testing Summary Report (Report #4); and (4) Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Baseline Report (Report #5). (Contains 1 figure, 1 table, and 15 footnotes.)

ERIC

2010

ED508631