Publicly Subsidized Private Schools in Developing Countries: Lessons from Colombia

Autor/inn/en	Diaz-Rios, Claudia; Urbano-Canal, Nathalia
Titel	Publicly Subsidized Private Schools in Developing Countries: Lessons from Colombia
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 29 (2021) 34, (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Diaz-Rios, Claudia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Private Schools; Developing Nations; Public Support; Partnerships in Education; Academic Achievement; Educational Quality; Low Income Students; Access to Education; High School Seniors; School Effectiveness; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Private school; Privatschule; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Öffentliche Förderung; Öffentliche Trägerschaft; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Schulleistung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schuleffizienz; Kolumbien
Abstract	Educational public-private partnerships (EPPPs) promise to increase education access and quality in developing countries, provided they have an adequate design that restricts the distribution of subsidies including targeted programs, centralized controlled enrolment, and accountability. This study investigates the effects of publicly subsidized private schools (PSPS) in Colombia--a type of EPPP program that follows all of these recommendations. We use propensity score and regression techniques to identify PSPS effects on student achievement, measured by national standardized tests. Our results show that Colombian PSPS serve vulnerable students, who are fairly similar to those attending traditional public schools (TPS). Nevertheless, students at PSPS underperform compared to TPS students. Our conclusion suggests that design restrictions may prevent student selection and self-selection, but do not guarantee quality improvement for disadvantaged students at subsidized schools. We also argue that design restrictions for PSPS may not be enough when private providers are scarce or difficult to attract for serving the most disadvantaged population. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01