Both Sides Find Fodder in Study; Voucher Supporters, Opponents Point to Favorable Results

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Early results from a planned five-year evaluation of Milwaukee's voucher program spurred a range of reaction Monday, with school choice supporters arguing that the data challenges myths about the program and opponents pointing to the nearly identical state test scores of MPS and voucher school students.

"After 13 years of research, there's still not one study that shows that the voucher schools do a better job of educating our income-challenged kids than MPS," said Guy Costello, vice president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council.

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Both Sides Find Fodder in Study; Voucher Supporters, Opponents Point to Favorable Results

Costello's comments centered on a segment of the study that says that voucher school students in third through fifth grades are scoring slightly below their MPS counterp...

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