Review of Expanding Choice in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education

Education and Literacy

Review of Expanding Choice in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education

Scott's review of this report finds that it lacks the evidence to support the call for an expansion of school choice. Scott identifies three major shortcomings in the report: it relies too heavily on research in progress and research produced by advocacy organizations; it neglects prior research concerning the nature of parental choice; and it fails to acknowledge that unconstrained school choice has segregative effects.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States