EdLA Montana Filing6 DownloadsDownload Now!

Fiscal Effects of the Iowa Education Savings Account Program38 DownloadsThis brief presents the results of a fiscal analysis of the Iowa Education Savings Account Program. The Iowa Education Savings Account Program offers eligible parents the opportunity to receive their children’s per-pupil state funding directly into a parent-controlled education savings account (ESA), a fund earmarked for […]

Fiscal Effects of the New Hampshire Education Freedom Account Program35 DownloadsThis brief presents the results of a fiscal analysis of the New Hampshire Education Freedom Account Program. The Education Freedom Account Program enables students from low- and middle-income households to access education savings accounts (ESAs) designated for various educational purposes such as private school tuition, […]

2023 Annual Report264 DownloadsDownload Now!

Policy Brief: The Reality of Switchers97 DownloadsAre most education savings accounts (ESAs) given to students already in private schools? An analysis of switchers in the Iowa and New Hampshire ESA programs. Download Now!

What Do Parents Want? Information, Choices, and Constraints221 DownloadsIn partnership with the research firm Morning Consult, we asked a nationally representative group of American parents a battery of questions ranging from where they get their information about school performance to what they would like to see their child’s school emphasize in the classroom. Download Now!

Parent Preferences Questionnaire1 DownloadIn partnership with the research firm Morning Consult, we asked a nationally representative group of American parents a battery of questions ranging from where they get their information about school performance to what they would like to see their child’s school emphasize in the classroom. Download Now!

Using School Networks to Improve the Performance of School Choice Programs58 DownloadsSchool choice policies continue to evolve in the United States and around the world. While policy discussions generally focus on whether school choice programs work, using narrowly defined studies of student-level performance, the actual experience of school choice programs is much more complex. In […]

The Fiscal Effects of Expanding Mississippi’s Education Savings Accounts105 DownloadsHistorically, Mississippi has ranked well below the national average in taxpayer spending per pupil in K-12 public schools. Lawmakers have increased taxpayer spending on K-12 schools in recent years, though, and the increases in taxpayer spending have resulted in: increases in public school employment, increases in […]

Effective ESA Implementation112 DownloadsImplementation of ESA programs will not be easy. The ESA model is novel and foreign to most state education agencies, which have little to no experience with helping families purchase a wide variety of educational goods and services using government funds. Even if agencies had the relevant experience, ESA programs are complex, […]