breaking down "the private school landscape"
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THE PRIVATESCHOOLLANDSCAPEedchoice.org/PrivateSchoolLandscape
BREAKING DOWN
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Advocates say school choice will change the landscape of education
through competition.
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Properly implemented, school choice programs should
diversify private school student populations and the education
marketplace as a whole.
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Have they?
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After more than 20 years, what can researchers determine about the relationship between choice program adoption and private school student populations?
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What might it tell us about choice policies and competition?
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In 2012, researchers Greg Forster and Lynn Woodworth studied seven states and the District of Columbia
and found school choice had little to no effect on the private school sector.
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After four more years of school choice program growth, our new
report The Private School Landscape provides a different and deeper
analysis of new and updated data on the change in private school
capacity and composition.
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Question 1: Is there a significant change in private school enrollment trends after the introduction of private school choice programs?
Biannual Enrollment in Choice and Non-Choice States—State Sums
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
3,500,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Non-Choice Choice
1,852,7261,768,552
2,624,190
3,290,652
2,669,708
1,695,892
2,091,012
2,711,001
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Biannual Percentage Change in Enrollment Over Year 1 in Choice and Non-Choice States—State Sums
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
-5%
-10%
Non-Choice Choice
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
4.9%
-4.5%
-3.2%
21.4%
-1.5%
-8.5%
12.9%
7.9%
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Private school enrollment trends in states with school choice programs either did not differ significantly or differed only trivially from trends in
states without choice programs.
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Question 2: Is there a significant difference in the percentage of racial/ethnic minority students in private schools after the introduction of private school choice programs?
Biannual Percentage Racial/Ethnic Minority Students in Schools in Choice and Non-Choice States
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
Non-Choice Choice
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
12.8%
22.6%
29.5%
21.4%
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Biannual Percentage Change in Racial/Ethnic Minority Students Over Year 1 in Choice and Non-Choice States
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Non-Choice Choice
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
75.8%
38.0%
6.2%
1.9%
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Private schools in school choice states did not grow “whiter” and remained
consistent with the populations surrounding their schools.
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Question 3: Is there a significant difference in the number of grades private schools offer (i.e. capacity) after the introduction of private school choice programs?
Biannual Average Number of Grades Private Schools Offer in Choice and Non-Choice States
19921990 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
8.7
8.6
8.5
8.4
8.3
8.2
8.1
8.0
Non-Choice Choice
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
02010 2012
8.438.33
8.30
8.26
8.51
8.12
8.39
8.21
8.64 8.67
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Biannual Percentage Change in Number of Grades Private Schools Offer Over Year 1 in Choice and Non-Choice States
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
2%
1%
0%
-1%
-2%
-3%
-4%
-5%
Non-Choice Choice
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
02010 2012
0.3%
-3.7%
-3.4%
-3.5%-3.9%
-2.9%
-2.6%
-2.0%
0.9%
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Private school capacity under conditions of school choice look
substantively the same as conditions without choice across all analyses.
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Simply put, we haven’t seen the growth we were hoping for. Why?
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The vision of universal school choice that Milton Friedman first wrote about
in 1955 hasn’t become a reality.
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Instead, the majority of America’s school choice programs are restrictive in many ways.
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Therefore, these findings seem to support a shift toward policy
features that:
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Make as many students eligible as possible to drive demand and induce competition.
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Find a balance between light regulatory restrictions/burdens and accountability to avoid disincentivizing high-quality providers who value autonomy.
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Establish reliable program funding streams to assure private school leaders that choice programs are more than a flash in the pan.
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Secure strong per-pupil funding —whether in the form of vouchers, tax-credit scholarships or education savings accounts —to incentivize greater private school involvement and put a greater number of schools within reach of more children.
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For more detailed analysis, methods and more, see the full report at
EDCHOICE.ORG/PrivateSchoolLandscape
Have questions? Contact Dr. Dick Carpenter at [email protected]/or Drew Catt at [email protected].