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Article: Vouchers Raise African American Test Scores in New York City, Results Uncertain in Washington, D.C.; Parent Satisfaction Remains High; Results Obtained From Three-year Evaluation; Randomized Field Trials Conducted.
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- February 19, 2002
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Byline: Lipman Hearne, Inc.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- At the conclusion of a three-year evaluation, the test scores of African American students participating in New York City's privately funded voucher program were substantially higher than the test scores of comparable students in public schools. The difference in scores - over nine national percentile points - was moderately large, enough to erase almost half of the achievement gap found nationwide between African American and white students. The test scores of students of other ethnic (mainly Hispanic) backgrounds in New York City's public and private schools, however, did not differ ...
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