text: I beg to differ with the author. In Canada, tax money has followed the child to whatever school he or she attends since the Quebec Act of 1774.  We moved to Colorado from Alberta, where tax money followed children to district-run, Catholic, charter, other religious, and privately run non-sectarian schools.  All of these schools could choose to use the model provincial curriculum which was tighly aligned to provincial academic standards. And all students who received taxpayer financing were required to take the Provincial Achievement Tests (now only required in Grades 6 and 9, because in a province that has banned grading on a curve, teacher assigned grades provide very powerful feedback). Alberta's PISA scores are among the best in the world; when converted to NAEP scores, Alberta outperforms Colorado by a large margin. So, Ms. Spiegel, just how has the use of a voucher system adversely affected education results in Alberta?