[Amelia]

It would be interesting to see which schools had the voucher students and then to look at the scores of all the students in those schools. Of course, other factors SHOULD be looked at as well, such as parent involvement, overall motivation of the voucher students, behavior, etc.

That's true. If you look at the list of participating schools (especially looking at the schools that actually enrolled voucher students) most of them were Catholic schools and very small religious schools. Some of the smaller schools may not have had very rigorous academic standards to begin with, but Catholic schools usually do.

Even with the voucher program, many of the Catholic schools can't afford to stay in business, more's the pity.

Some of those in D.C. thought that there should have been less focus on vouchers and more on charter schools such as KIPP that were showing great results (although not all charter schools are doing well academically either).

[SumProVita]

It would be worthwhile to collate the various methodologies and administrative policies at successful charter schools and at those Catholic schools....and publish the results.

[barb-tex]

From what I read in the media, 10 of the 13 charter schools are being investigated for fraud: falsifying attendance records and giving answers to tests.Some PS also have been accused of this, but since honesty is the fear of getting caught, it doesn't occur too often. Some teachers, in fear of their evaluation, also have been accused.
barbra ann