Students with income-limited vouchers outperform MSCS on reading, but not math
Results showed that Memphis students receiving vouchers in grades 3-11 are making incremental progress year-to-year, similarly to students in public schools. (Courtesy Sengchoy Int)
Students receiving certain education vouchers for private school tuition in Memphis are performing slightly better in reading, but the same in math as students at local public schools, according to new data released by the Tennessee Department of Education.
The department published the scores in an annual report released this month, chronicling the performance of its Education Savings Account voucher program. Results showed that Memphis students receiving vouchers in grades 3-11 are making incremental progress year-to-year, similarly to students in public schools.
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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