John Kirtley's defense of vouchers
Here’s John Kirtley’s response: Whitney, First of all, I really appreciate the chance to respond. I have always valued your forum for its open exchange of ideas. Let me address the NYT article on the research. There have been numerous columns in the Times and other media outlets attempting to discredit the empirical outcomes on private school choice. I would love for your readers to know the fuller picture. Read the facts about credible research on private school choice here: http://www.federationforchildren.org/setting-record-straight-school-choice/ The bottom line : There have been 15 gold standard empirical studies of private school choice programs that measure test score outcomes: 10 show improvement, 3 are neutral, and 2 are negative—and those two are only based upon results in early years of those programs. Here is a link to a one page fact sheet on the research: https://www.federat...

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