5 articles in this issue
Rómulo A. Chumacero, Ricardo D. Paredes
The educational voucher system builds on the pillars of informed choice and competition to improve the quality of the education provided. This document summarizes some of the results of recent literature on the subject, and discusses their public policy i... see more
Alejandro Carrasco, Ernesto San Martín
This paper discusses the potential contribution of employing school effectiveness methodological approach within the ongoing research debate on school choice issues. Using the first approach, we estimate the effectiveness of a sample of Chilean schools af... see more
Daniel Gómez, Rómulo A. Chumacero, Ricardo D. Paredes
One of the pillars of the educational voucher system is that competition between schools to attract students would improve the quality of the education provided. Surveys in Chile have suggested that parents are not aware of the performance of their childr... see more
Marcela Román, Marcela Perticará
This study addresses the phenomenon of permanence for long years of low performance (urban) schools, measured by SIMCE. We also analyze mobility of students to other schools of same or better quality. The results show that student´s mobility rates in thes... see more
Gregory Elacqua, Matías Martínez, Humberto Santos, Daniela Urbina
In this paper, we analyze the schooling alternatives of families that could face school closure. This article identifies, characterizes, and georeferences the institutions classified as low-performing by the SEP Law along with their closest alternatives. ... see more