An interesting comparison between 'education freedom' and academic
achievement. may be found at
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_24.htm
The title, author and executive summary are reproduced here.
>2001 Education Freedom Index
>Jay P. Greene
>Senior Fellow, The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
>EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
>
>The Education Freedom Index measures the extent of government-subsidized or -regulated educational choices offered to families in each state. The author also analyzes the relationship between the amount of education freedom in a state and the level of academic achievement demonstrated by its students.
>
>Specifically, this report finds that:
>
>Arizona offers parents the most educational freedom, followed by New Jersey, Delaware and Florida. Hawaii offers the least educational freedom, followed by Utah, Rhode Island and West Virginia;
>Academic achievement is positively correlated with educational freedom. Indeed, if a state could improve its Education Freedom Index Score by one point, we would expect that an additional 4.1% of its students would perform proficiently on the NAEP math test.
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