School choice remains an important and contention education reform policy. Supporters argue that students benefit from being enrolled in schools of choice, such as private schools or public charter schools, instead of being assigned to a particular public school based on residency. Opponents question whether schools of choice actually deliver more value added to students than do assigned public schools, and claim that the choice-induced exit of highly motivated students and parents would harm students left behind.

The SCDP conducts unbiased evaluations of education scholarships and other interventions on schools, individual students, parents, and communities. Our research can be divided into several broad categories:

Participant Effects
Competitve Academic Response
Behavioral Response
Economic and Demographic Effects
School Capacity Effects