In this empirical research, Anna J. Egalite and Andrew D. Catt analyzed the competitive impacts of the largest statewide private school voucher initiative for K–12 education in the United States. The study employed network-based proximity data to construct a drive-time metric that incorporates road distances, intersection delays, speed limits, and traffic conditions, enabling the estimation of travel time between locations in one-minute increments. This refined measure was applied within a difference-in-differences analytical framework to assess effects on students’ mathematics and English language arts achievement, as well as graduation outcomes. Drawing on student-level data spanning the 2006–07 to 2015–16 academic years, the analysis revealed minimal evidence that the implementation and expansion of the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program produced either beneficial or adverse effects on the average student attending a traditional public school in Indiana. The study concludes by outlining the policy implications of these results.
- Journal Article: https://journals.sagepub.com/d...
- Working Paper: https://www.edchoice.org/resea...