Research from the Urban Institute on Ohio’s school choice program indicated that giving children the option to attend private schools through vouchers significantly improves academic outcomes, including college enrollment and graduation.

On Tuesday, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank released a study on Ohio’s Educational Choice Scholarship Program. Researchers compared the long-term academic performance of 6,000 Ohio students who used the voucher program to attend private schools with over 500,000 public school students.