SUMMARY

As required by statute, we analyzed pupil test score data and the related analyses performed by private researchers as part of their five-year study of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. Using different methodologies, we and the researchers found separate instances in which the average change in Choice pupils’ test scores from the 2006-07 school year to the 2010-11 school year was greater than the average change in MPS pupils’ test scores, and the differences in average test score changes were statistically significant. However, we and the researchers believe the extent to which the Choice program affects pupil achievement cannot be definitively determined based on the test score results obtained from the longitudinal study.