Will school choice significantly improve educational standards? This is the fundamental question in school choice policy debates. Are vouchers the solution or do they just compound the problem? Teachers unions believe school choice will destroy the public school system, a mainstay of government responsibility. Yet others argue ... of the public educational funding allotted for their child to attend school, and allow them to use those funds to attend the school of their choice. It gives them the fiscal authority to send their child to the educational institution that best suits their child, w...

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... Performance Index (API), based primarily on state standardized testing scores (CST) and high school exit exam scores (CAHSEE). This index ranges from 200 to 1000. Especially in light of recent fiscal woes, schools are looking to maximize this value to justify their funding. Unfortunately, as with any quantitative measure of performance, many claim this value is ineffective and biased and argue ... understand the factors that best predict this score, and separate out any predictive variables that are strongly correlated to the outcome. While we may not be able to offer any policy recomme...

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