A study of Arkansas's public and non-public school administrators' receptivity to a voucher system

This study examined Arkansas's public and non-public school administrators' receptivity to vouchers. Fifty-two private school administrators and 156 public school administrators responded (eighty-three percent response rate) to a survey about vouchers, The Independent-T test revealed significantly different responses from the two groups on all eight survey items. Private school administrators (1) welcome a voucher system including non-public schools and (2) believe that vouchers would improve education in their communities and throughout the state, (3) increase their schools' enrollments. (4) not violate the constitutional tenet of church-state separation, but (5) invite more government intervention into their schools. Public school administrators disagree on all these points with the exception of increased government intervention. Important questions and initiatives pertaining to vouchers are addressed.