Testimony of Patrick J. Wolf, Ph.D.

August 22, 2003

Dr. Patrick J. Wolf

As an independent scholar who has studied the effects of school choice programs, I am compelled by the evidence to recommend that you expand school choice in any effort to improve the financing and delivery of education in Texas.

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