JOURNAL ARTICLE

Cream Skimming and Pushout of Students Participating in a Statewide Private School Voucher Program.

  • Published In: Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 2024, v. 46, n. 4. P. 795 1 of 3

  • Database: Education Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Waddington, R. Joseph; Zimmer, Ron; Berends, Mark 3 of 3

Abstract

This article examines whether private schools participating in Indiana's statewide voucher program engage in "cream skimming"—enrolling higher-achieving, less challenging, or less costly students from traditional public schools (TPSs)—or "push out" lower-achieving, more challenging, or more costly voucher students back to TPSs. Using eight years of longitudinal student-level data from the Indiana Department of Education, the study finds no evidence supporting cream skimming by private voucher schools but does find modest evidence that the lowest-achieving voucher students exit private schools at higher rates than their peers. The findings raise concerns about the educational opportunities for low-achieving students within voucher programs and the resulting challenges for TPSs left to educate these students.

Additional Information

  • Source:Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis. 2024/12, Vol. 46, Issue 4, p795
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Education
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:01623737
  • DOI:10.3102/01623737231183397
  • Accession Number:181480913
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