Private Education Provision and Public Finance : The Netherlands

One of the key features of the Dutch education system is freedom of education -- freedom to establish schools and organize teaching. Almost 70 percent of schools in the Netherlands are administered by private school boards, and all schools are government funded equally. This allows school choice. Using an instrument to identify school choice, it is shown that the Dutch system promotes academic performance. The instrumental variables results show that private school attendance is associated with higher test scores. Private school size effects in math, reading, and science achievement are 0.17,... Mehr ...

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Verfasser: Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Verlag/Hrsg.: World Bank
Washington
DC
Schlagwörter: ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT / ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE / ACHIEVEMENT DATA / ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS / ACHIEVEMENT RATES / ACHIEVEMENT TESTS / ADULT LIFE / ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK / AVERAGE SCORE / BETTER SCHOOLS / BOOKS AT HOME / CATHOLIC SCHOOLS / CERTIFIED TEACHERS / CLASSROOM / CLASSROOM TEACHING / COLLEGE ENTRANCE / COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM / COMPARATIVE EDUCATION / COMPETENCIES / COMPUTER AT HOME / CURRICULUM / DECENTRALIZATION / DISADVANTAGED PUPILS / DISSERTATION / ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION / EDUCATION LEADERSHIP / EDUCATION POLICY / EDUCATION SERVICES / EDUCATION SPENDING / EDUCATION SYSTEM / EDUCATION SYSTEMS / EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT / EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION / EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES / EDUCATIONAL POLICY / EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES / EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES / EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH / EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM / EMPLOYMENT / ENROLLMENT / ETHNIC MINORITY / EVALUATION METHODS / EXPENDITURES / FINAL OUTCOMES / GRADE SCHOOLS / HIGH ACHIEVEMENT / HIGH SCHOOL / HIGHER TEST SCORES / HUMAN CAPITAL
Sprache: Englisch
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One of the key features of the Dutch education system is freedom of education -- freedom to establish schools and organize teaching. Almost 70 percent of schools in the Netherlands are administered by private school boards, and all schools are government funded equally. This allows school choice. Using an instrument to identify school choice, it is shown that the Dutch system promotes academic performance. The instrumental variables results show that private school attendance is associated with higher test scores. Private school size effects in math, reading, and science achievement are 0.17, 0.28, and 0.18.