Areas of expertise
Historical and comparative international educational systems • Educational reform • Accountability in schools • School vouchers
Biography
Martin Carnoy is a labor economist with a special interest in the relation between the economy and the educational system. Currently Dr. Carnoy is working on the research project on accountability in schools at the Center for Policy Research in Education, launching new projects on educational reform in Latin America; researching on vouchers in Chile, and writing a book for the International Institute of Educational Planning on Globalization and Educational Reform. He is the author of The Different Worlds of Urban and Suburban School Districts (with Jane Hannaway), Sustaining Flexibility: Work, Family, and Community in the Information Age, School Vouchers: Examining the Evidence, and other publications. Dr. Carnoy serves on the board of the Comparative and International Educational Society and is the Chair of the Social Studies & Educational Practice Committee at the Stanford School of Education.
Education
B.S., Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1960)
M.A., Economics, University of Chicago (1961)
Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago (1964)
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School vouchers are not a proven strategy for improving student achievement: Studies of U.S. and international voucher programs show that the risks to school systems outweigh insignificant gains in test scores and limited gains in graduation rates
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Five key trends in U.S. student performance: Progress by blacks and Hispanics, the takeoff of Asians, the stall of non-English speakers, the persistence of socioeconomic gaps, and the damaging effect of highly segregated schools
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Bringing it back home: Why state comparisons are more useful than international comparisons for improving U.S. education policy
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“PISA Day”—An Ideological and Hyperventilated Exercise
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Responding to an Uninformed Critique
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What do international tests really show about U.S. student performance?
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International tests show achievement gaps in all countries, with big gains for U.S. disadvantaged students
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What do international tests really show about U.S. student performance?
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Vouchers and Public School Performance: A Case Study of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
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Alternative is no solution—On average, charter students don’t do better than public counterparts
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The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the evidence on enrollment and achievement
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Vouchers Are No Cure-All For Short-Changed Schools
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Bush’s Voucher Plan Gets Failing Grade
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School Vouchers: Examining the Evidence
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Can Public Schools Learn From Private Schools? (EPI book)