“…included only one study of the America's Choice (AC) design, but more recently researchers at the Center for Policy Research in Education at the University of Pennsylvania have carried out several evaluations. A longitudinal matched study in Rochester, NY, found that America's Choice students made greater gains than other students from 1998 to 2003 in reading and math (May, Supovitz, & Perda, 2004). A matched study in Duval Co., Florida (Supovitz, Taylor, & May, 2002) compared America's Choice and other schools on state tests, and results favored the AC schools in writing and, to a small degree, in math (but not reading).…”