The effectiveness and efficiency of private schools an Chile's voucher system

This paper assesses the relative effectiveness and efficiency of private and public schools in Chile, where the military government implemented a national voucher plan in 1980. Non-religious voucher schools (accounting for two-thirds of primary enrollments in all private voucher schools) are margina...

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Published in:Educational evaluation and policy analysis 2000, Vol.22 (3), p.213-239
Main Authors: MacEwan, Patrick J, Carnoy, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Bildungsgutschein
Catholic schools
Chile
Cost Effectiveness
Cost efficiency
Cost estimates
Cost functions
Educational Change
Educational Finance
Educational Vouchers
Effektivität
Efficiency
Effizienz
Elementary Secondary Education
Empirische Untersuchung
Foreign Countries
Kirche
Primarbereich
Private education
Private Schools
Privatschule
Public Schools
Rural schools
School Effectiveness
School enrollment
Schule
Schulleistung
Vergleichsuntersuchung
Vouchers
Öffentliche Schule
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Summary:This paper assesses the relative effectiveness and efficiency of private and public schools in Chile, where the military government implemented a national voucher plan in 1980. Non-religious voucher schools (accounting for two-thirds of primary enrollments in all private voucher schools) are marginally less effective than public schools in producing academic achievement in the fourth grade; at best, they are similarly effective. Catholic voucher schools are somewhat more effective than public schools. Nevertheless, non-religious schools are more efficient, by virtue of producing academic achievement at a lower cost. The difference is probably attributable to lower teacher wages and constraints on public school resource allocation. The relative efficiency of public and Catholic schools is similar. We tentatively conclude that the case for shifting public resources to privately run schools is mixed (although a comprehensive evaluation would require evidence not provided by this research). (DIPF/orig.)
ISSN:0162-3737
1935-1062
DOI:10.3102/01623737022003213