"School Choice: The Findings"

Tyler Cowen:

This new Cato book is a good introduction to the empirical literature on vouchers and charter schools. For my taste it places too much weight on standardized tests, but admittedly that is the main way to compare educational results over time or across countries. I believe the lax nature of government schooling in the U.S. often leaves the upper tail of the distribution free to dream and create, but I would not wish to push that as an argument against vouchers. If you're interested in bad arguments against vouchers, and their rebuttals, Megan McArdle offers a long post.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 30, 2007 8:41 AM
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