Competition among schools and educational quality: tension between various objectives of educational policy
Author
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Grau Veloso, Nicolás
Author
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Gajardo, Felipe
Admission date
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2017-12-28T13:23:43Z
Available date
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2017-12-28T13:23:43Z
Publication date
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2017-05
Cita de ítem
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Serie de Documentos de Trabajo No. 445, mayo 2017
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Identifier
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/146335
Abstract
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Using Chilean data for fourth grade students, this research studies the effect of competition
among schools on the results of standardized tests, academic self-esteem and motivation, the
climate within the school, civic participation and training, and healthy lifestyle habits. In
order to address the potential bias due to the endogeneity of the competition among schools,
an instrumental variable approach is implemented, using instruments associated with the size
of each “educational market.” The results show that an increase of one standard deviation in
competition among schools generates a moderate increase in standardized test results (0.06
standard deviations) and a more significant decrease in the other indicators of quality
(between 0.02 and 0.16 standard deviations). Therefore, the results suggest a tension in the
school between various objectives of educational policy, in which pressure to improve
standardized test scores resulting from competition among schools could produce an
undesired effect of deterioration in other dimensions of quality
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Lenguage
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en
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Publisher
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Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios