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New Doubt is Cast on Study that Backs Voucher Efforts
Mathematica Policy Research of Princeton, NJ is calling a recent study showing that vouchers for private school have helped black students significantly are "premature." Henry Levin responds.
Mathematica Policy Research of Princeton, NJ is calling a recent study showing that vouchers for private school have helped black students significantly are "premature." The results, they say, were overstated by the lead researcher, a Harvard professor who is known within the academic community for his exuberant support for vouchers. The find lent support to backers of voucher programs, a hot topic in this election year.
"The pressure to get something out at election time was a much more dominant theme than the idea of letting it go through review," said Henry Levin, head of .
The article, entitled "New Doubt is Cast on Study that Backs Voucher Efforts" appeared in the 9/15/00 edition of the .
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Published Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2001