Bush and Rod Paige, Bush's new secretary of education, presented a plan that focuses on having students take more standardized tests to assess how well the schools are doing, as well as instituting a plan for the use of federal vouchers for students in private schools. Paige is the former superintendent for schools in Houston. Bush had a similar plan in Texas that worked, Carmen said. Concerning vouchers, University political science professor Paul Quirk said the vouchers will most likely meet opposition from Democrats. Others think the tests will probably make no difference in students' performance.
Vouchers are a much hotter topic than testing because they concern the welfare of poorer schools.
This is the same idea most people have when they think of vouchers.