MEASURING SCHOOL CHOICE USING INDICATORS

School choice is becoming an increasingly common policy in school dist ricts, although it remains controversial and its outcomes are not well understood. This article argues that we need better definitions and m easures of the practices and policies that create school choice and th at this can contribute to a clearer understanding of the nature of sch ool choice and To more effective planning and evaluation This article proposes system (district)-level indicators of school choice that oper ationalize the concept of ''school choice.'' The types of indicators p resented here could produce valuable interdistrict comparative informa tion on processes and outcomes of school choice.