School Performance and Choice: The Chilean Experience

Rhetoric Versus Reality: What We Know and What We Need to Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools

“…103 We are indebted to Patrick McEwan for providing an exhaustive analysis of the international literature on school choice (private correspondence, July 3, 2000). Studies include West and Pennell, 1997;Glenn, 1989;Ambler, 1994;Fiske and Ladd, 2000;Angus, 2000;Bashir, 1997;Calderon, 1996;Cox and Jimenez, 1991;Daun, 2000;Edwards, Fitz, and Whitty, 1989;Fuller and Clarke, 1994;Gauri, 1998;Glewwe and Patrinos, 1999;James, 1984;Jiminez, Lockheed, and Wattanawaha, 1988;Jiminez et al, 1991;Jiminez and Sawada, 1999;Kim, Alderman, and Orazem, 1999;King, Orazem, and Wohlgemuth, 1999;Kingdon, 1996;Knight and Sabot, 1990;Lassabille, Tan, and Sumra, 2000;Louis and Van Velzen, 1991;Miron, 1993Miron, , 1996Mizala and Romoaguera, 2000;Psacharopoulos, 1987;Riddell, 1993;Toma, 1996;Vandenberghe, 1998;Walford, 2000;Walford, 2001;Williams and Carpenter, 1991;Wylie, 1998Wylie, . 2007 Academic Achievement 113…”

Education Quality and Economic Growth

“…78 Cf., e.g., Mizala and Romaguera (2000), Sapelli and Vial (2002), Vegas (1999) and Hsieh and Urquiola (2006). A less positive interpretation of vouchers in Chile is found in McEwan and Carnoy (2000) and of vouchers in general in McEwan (2000).…”

Tensions between State and Market in Chile: Educational Policy and Culture

“…When social class is factored into the analysis, comparative studies concur that the performance gap in the SIMCE scores between the subsidized private and municipal sectors is small to nonexistent (Winkler and Rounds 1996). The significantly higher results of the feepaying private schools are explained by their superior resources and the socioeconcomic profile of the student body (Bravo, Contreras andSanhueza 1999, Mizala andRomaguera 2000). Even within the subsidized private sector the evidence of competition on academic achievement is mixed.…”