The Effects of a Middle School Remediation Program

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Ashley Berner of Johns Hopkins University tells us why education savings accounts are unlikely to lead to educational pluralism. Then, on the Research Minute, Adam Tyner discusses a study on remediation for middle school students that had very different short-term versus long-term effects.

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• “Will ESAs change America’s definition of ‘public education?’: An interview with Ashley Berner” —Rober Pondiscio
• “Partisanship and American education” —Ashley Berner
• “2 more states approve universal school voucher programs” —K-12 Dive
• “From School Choice to Parent Choice” —City Journal
• The study that Adam reviewed on the Research Minute: David N. Figlio and Umut Özek, “The Unintended Consequences of Test-Based Remediation,” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper (January 2023).

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