More Than Scores: An Analysis of Why and How Parents Choose Private Schools
Author(s): Benjamin Scafidi, Jim Kelly
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice

Brief: This report uses the results of a survey administered to Georgia parents of K-12 private school scholarship recipients to address three questions: In choosing the private school education best suited for the overall needs of their children, do parents primarily focus on the results from standardized tests administered to students attending the school or do they rely on a variety of factors, including student safety, class size, classroom discipline, religious education, high school completion and post secondary success, and a greater sense of community?

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