Giving Compass' Take:

• Lucy Hood reports that the benefits of Arizona's pilot voucher program were unequally distributed: students at wealthy, high-performing were more likely to use the vouchers.

• How can vouchers be targetted to those who need them most? 

• Learn about the outcomes of D.C.'s voucher program. 

Arizona voters will decide on a statewide expansion of a voucher-like program known as the Empowerment Scholarship Account — which currently provides public funds for private schools to a potential pool of 30,000 public school students — to all of Arizona’s 1.1 million public school children, The Arizona Republic reports.

A recent analysis by The Arizona Republic finds that those who benefit most from the pilot program are, in fact, students from wealthier and higher-performing school systems. Specifically, 70% of ESA funding pays for students from A- and B-rated school districts to attend private schools, while 7% of those funds assist students from districts with a D or F rating. The paper found similar disparities for high- and low-poverty schools.

Read the full article about voucher programs by Lucy Hood at Education Dive.