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Arkansas education researchers tell Senate panel private school choice can raise broader outcomes
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University of Arkansas researchers told the Senate Education Committee that private school choice programs yield mixed achievement effects for participating students but consistently improve non-test outcomes (graduation, college enrollment, lower crime rates) and can prompt improvements in public schools through competition.
University of Arkansas researchers told the Senate Education Committee that private school choice programs tend to produce mixed test-score results for participating students but consistent gains on other outcomes and in the broader education system.
In opening testimony, a Department of Education Reform presenter said private-choice programs "consistently improve non test score student outcomes, including high school graduation, college enrollment, and college completion rates," and listed reductions in young adult crime and unplanned pregnancies among reported…
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