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Answers are a little different, but reflect what I believed to be the case. That is, some studies show positive results and some show negative results. However, given the fact that you and most opponents of school vouchers/esa programs claiming the loss of students and the accompanying tax dollars associated with attendance will destroy the public education system, I decided to calculate exactly what the loss would mean. There are 1200 ISD’s in Texas serving 5.5ish million students. The current bill has a cap of 100,000 participants. If the utilization is distributed evenly, 83 students would be removed from each ISD. Are the margins so thin that a minimal loss of 83 students would destroy an entire ISD? This is an honest question. If I’m missing something please correct me. From GROK The efficacy of school voucher programs has been a subject of numerous peer-reviewed studies, yielding a complex and sometimes contradictory set of findings. Here's an overview based on the web research provided: - **General Findings:** - **Mixed Results on Achievement:** Several studies have shown mixed outcomes regarding the academic achievement of students using vouchers. Some early, small-scale voucher programs suggested modest positive effects, particularly for certain demographic groups like African-American students in short-term assessments. However, more recent and larger-scale studies, including those from Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, and Washington D.C., have generally reported negative impacts on test scores or no significant improvement compared to public school peers. - **Specific Observations:** - **Decades of Research:** A comprehensive review from Cascade Policy Institute suggests that voucher programs might be associated with modest increases in public school performance due to competitive effects, although the improvements are small and not universally observed across all studies. - **Recent Evaluations:** Patrick J. Wolf and others have noted that while some older studies showed benefits, the trend in more recent, larger programs has been towards negative or negligible impacts on student achievement. For instance, a study from Stanford University highlighted by Martin Carnoy found that vouchers do not significantly improve test scores and might even pose risks to student outcomes. - **Temporal Effects:** Some analyses, like those in Indiana, indicate that while there might be initial negative impacts on student test scores when switching to voucher schools, these effects can level off or even show slight improvements over time, although not all students remain in these schools long enough to see these benefits. - **Program Size and Scale:** There's an observed trend where the larger the voucher program, the more likely it is to have negative impacts on student achievement. This is suggested by studies from Indiana, Louisiana, and Ohio, where scaling up has often led to less favorable outcomes. - **Competition Effects:** David Figlio and Cassandra Hart have studied how competition from private schools can slightly improve public school performance, suggesting that the mere presence of voucher programs might have indirect benefits on public school quality. - **Long-Term Outcomes:** While test scores might show negative or neutral effects, some studies have found positive impacts on other educational outcomes like high school graduation rates or college enrollments. In summary, while school voucher programs have been promoted for their potential to increase educational options and drive competition, the peer-reviewed research paints a complex picture. There's evidence of both positive and negative effects, with the balance leaning towards caution, especially for large-scale implementations. The key takeaway for policymakers and educators might be the need for careful design, targeting, and ongoing evaluation of voucher programs to ensure they genuinely serve the educational needs of all students.

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@OrjanelLewis @bellsforstacy @KatrinaPierson @realJeffM Then they don’t need it. They should only get money that’s being used to educate the kids.