The controversy over school choice and student performance has been at the forefront of the education debate for several decades. Proponents argue public schools are inefficient as the main provider of education. Opponents argue variations in students' characteristics are of instrumental importance in determining student performance. Many previous studies failed to control for the demographic composition of the test groups (Stedman, and Kaestle, Literacy in the United States, 1991). The relative performance of private and public schools remains a contentious empirical issue.
Private school students generally have significantly different socioeconomic characteristics than …
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