It’s time to end the school choice study wars, because school choice is about more than just data.

Every time a new study comes out about school choice, both sides twist the study’s results, methodology, and data sources until the study supports their viewpoint. They do this no matter how large the choice program’s supposed impact was, or how unique the city or state it covered is. Every study is either a weapon in their arsenal of arguments, or an enemy weapon that must be neutralized.