The National Center on School Choice is funded by the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. The Center exercises national leadership in school choice research, including charter and magnet schools, private school vouchers, teacher recruitment, school management, and state policymaking.

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	Experimental Design Studies		Working Papers
			Policy Reports
	Quasi-Expertimental Design Studies		Journal Articles
			Books and Book Chapters
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View the Comprehensive Program of Research by Home Institution or Alphabetical Order.


Books and Book Chapters

Special Edition on Contemporary School Choice Research Kenneth K. Wong Herbert J. Walberg Peabody Journal of Education 81(1)	The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools Paul Peterson William Howell Brookings Institution Press (Revised, 2006)
Choice and Competition in American Education Paul Peterson Rowman and Littlefield (2005)	Getting Choice Right: Ensuring Equity and Efficiency in Education Policy Julian Betts Tom Loveless Brookings Institution Press (2005)
Besieged: School Boards and the Future of Education Politics William Howell Brookings Institution Press (2005)	Generational Change: Closing the Test Score Gap Paul Peterson Rowman and Littlefield (2006)
Special Edition on Contemporary School Choice Research Mark Berends Matthew G. Springer Warren E. Langevin Peabody Journal of Education 82(2-3)

Journal Articles

Participation in a National Means-Tested School Voucher Program David E. Campbell Martin R. West Paul Peterson Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24(3)	Findings from the City of Big Shoulders Caroline M. Hoxby Jonah E. Rockoff Education Next 5(4)

Working Papers



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__Assessing Charter School Performance in Illinois:
__A Pilot Study using Error-Band Analysis (2007)
__Kenneth K. Wong and Francis X. Shen

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__Teachers' Academic Press for Learning in Charter and
__Traditional Public Schools (2007)
__Ellen Goldring and Xiu Cravens

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__Policy Expansion of School Choice in the American States (2006)
__ Kenneth K. Wong and Warren E. Langevin




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__On the Public-Private School Achievement Debate (2006)
__Paul E. Peterson and Elena Llaudet




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__Examination of Student Movement in the Context of
__Federal Transfer Policies (2006)
__Anna Nicotera, Bettie Teasley, and Mark Berends



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__Parent Preferences and Parent Choices: The Public-Private
__Decision about School Choice (2006)
__Ellen Goldring and Kristie J. Rowley



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__When Mayors Use School Choice as a Reform Strategy (2006)
__Kenneth K. Wong, Francis X. Shen, and Lauren M. Pachucki

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__Beyond Weak Law, Strong Law: Political Compromise and
__Legal Constraints on Charter School Laws (2006)
__Francis X. Shen and Kenneth K. Wong



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__Do Public Schools Facing Vouchers Behave Strategically?
__Evidence from Florida (2006)
__Rajashri Chakrabarti



__Can Increasing Private School Participation and Monetary Loss
__in a Voucher Program Affect Public School Performance?
__Evidence from Milwaukee (2005)
__Rajashri Chakrabarti



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__Do Vouchers Lead to Sorting under Random Private School
__Selection? Evidence from the Milwaukee Voucher Program (2005)
__Rajashri Chakrabarti



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__Impact of Voucher Design on Public School Performance:
__Evidence from Florida and Milwaukee Voucher Programs (2005)
__Rajashri Chakrabarti



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__The Efficacy of Choice Threats within School Accountability
__Systems: Results from Legislatively Induced Experiments (2005)
__Martin R. West and Paul Peterson



__The Diffusion of Governance Reform in American Public
__Education: An Event History Analysis of State Takeover
__and Charter School Laws (2005)
__Kenneth K. Wong and Warren E. Langevin



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__Comparing Student Academic Achievement in Charter and
__Traditional Public Schools (2005)
__Dale Ballou, Bettie Teasley, and Tim Zeidner



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__The Impact of Charter Schools on Student Achievement (2004)
__ Caroline M. Hoxby and Jonah E. Rockoff




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__Achievement in Charter Schools and Regular Public Schools in
__the United States: Understanding the Differences (2004)
__Caroline M. Hoxby

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