The Effect of Private Management of Public Schools on Student Achievement in Bogotá, Colombia

Ecos de Economía: A Latin American Journal of Applied Economics

Adriana Carolina Silva Arias¹  Jaime Andrés Sarmiento Espinel¹  Andrés Felipe Virgüez Clavijo¹  Ángela Rocío López Sánchez¹ 

[1] Universidad Militar Nueva Granada

关键词: Concession schools;    secondary education;    education achievement;    propensity score;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Universidad Eafit

【 摘 要 】

During the last 15 years, the public school system in Bogotá, Colombia has maintained a concession system in which 25 schools are managed privately with exemptions to many of the rules required in the traditional schools.  This study uses the propensity score matching technique to examine whether students in the privately-managed schools have better scores on the Saber 11° examinations taken upon completion of secondary school.  The results for 251 schools indicates that students with comparable socioeconomic characteristics score considerably better on these tests in the privately-managed schools than in the traditional public schools.  Thus, there is evidence that the privately-managed public schools are a cost-effective alternative to the traditional public school.  

【 授权许可】

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