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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The Center's lead institution is Vanderbilt University, a national private university located in Nashville, Tennessee. The Center is managed by the Learning Sciences Institute on the campus of Peabody College, one of the nation's top graduate schools of education. Learn more

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Vanderbilt University

Curriculum Effects of School Choice Mark Berends and Ellen Goldring, Vanderbilt University Ruth Green, University of Indianapolis Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution Michael Kamil and Herbert Walberg, Stanford University

Effects of Charters on Student Achievement Mark Berends, Vanderbilt University Ruth Green, University of Indianapolis

Longitudinal Data Analysis on the Main Effects of School Choice Dale Ballou, Vanderbilt University Mark Berends, Vanderbilt University Martha McCall, Northwest Evaluation Association

Opening the Black Box of Choice and Regular Public Schools Mark Berends, Vanderbilt University Ellen Goldring, Vanderbilt University Martha McCall, Northwest Evaluation Association

Organizational Analysis on What Works Under What Conditions Mark Berends, Vanderbilt University Ellen Goldring, Vanderbilt University Martha McCall, Northwest Evaluation Association Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution

Parental Satisfaction and Involvement in Magnet Schools Ellen Goldring, Vanderbilt University Claire Smrekar, Vanderbilt University

School Leadership in the Private Sector James W. Guthrie, Vanderbilt University Timothy Caboni, Vanderbilt University

Brookings Institution

Curriculum Effects of School Choice Mark Berends and Ellen Goldring, Vanderbilt University Ruth Green, University of Indianapolis Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution Michael Kamil and Herbert Walberg, Stanford University

Organizational Analysis on What Works Under What Conditions Mark Berends, Vanderbilt University Ellen Goldring, Vanderbilt University Martha McCall, Northwest Evaluation Association Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution

Surveying High Achieving Charter Schools: Identifying Best Practices Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution

Brown University

Competition and Democratic Accountability Paul Peterson, Harvard University William Howell, Harvard University Kenneth Wong, Brown University

Political and Legal Analysis of the Charter School Marketplace Kenneth Wong, Brown University

Harvard University

Assessing Impact of Choice and Competition in Milwaukee Paul Peterson, Harvard University William Howell, Harvard University

Broadening Analysis of Randomized School Voucher Experiments Paul Peterson, Harvard University William Howell, University of Chicago

Competition and Democratic Accountability Paul Peterson, Harvard University William Howell, Harvard University Kenneth Wong, Brown University

Generalizability of Gains on State Exams Paul Peterson, Harvard University William Howell, Harvard University

In-Depth Analysis of the Effects of Choice on Student Achievement Caroline Hoxby, Harvard University

Studying Competitive Effects of Vouchers in a Natural Experiment Paul Peterson, Harvard University William Howell, University of Chicago

National Bureau of Economic Research

In-Depth Analysis of the Effects of Choice on Student Achievement Caroline Hoxby, Harvard University

Stanford University

Curriculum Effects of School Choice Mark Berends and Ellen Goldring, Vanderbilt University Ruth Green, University of Indianapolis Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution Michael Kamil and Herbert Walberg, Stanford University

University of Indianapolis

Curriculum Effects of School Choice Mark Berends and Ellen Goldring, Vanderbilt University Ruth Green, University of Indianapolis Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution Michael Kamil and Herbert Walberg, Stanford University

Effects of Charters on Student Achievement Mark Berends, Vanderbilt University Ruth Green, University of Indianapolis