How Do Government and Private Schools Differ? Findings from Two Large Indian States
This paper uses survey data from representative samples of government and private schools in two states of India, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, to explore systematic differences between the two school types. The authors find that private school...
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okr-10986-179622021-04-23T14:03:35Z How Do Government and Private Schools Differ? Findings from Two Large Indian States Goyal, Sangeeta Pandey, Priyanka AVERAGE SCORE BASIC COMPETENCIES BASIC SKILLS CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CHARACTERISTICS CLASSROOMS COLLEGE DEGREE DISTANCE TO SCHOOL EARLY GRADES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ELEMENTARY EDUCATION END OF GRADE ENROLLMENT FEMALE TEACHERS FREE TEXTBOOK FREE TEXTBOOKS GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER TEST SCORES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IN SERVICE TRAINING LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING OUTCOMES LITERACY LITERACY RATE LITERATURE LOCAL TEACHERS MATHEMATICS MINIMUM SKILLS MULTI GRADE TEACHING NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUMERACY PAPERS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOL EFFECT PRIVATE SCHOOL SECTOR PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE TUITION PRIVATE UNAIDED SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPIL TEACHER RATIOS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING COMPREHENSION REGULAR TEACHER REGULAR TEACHERS RESEARCHERS REVENUE FROM FEES RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL ENROLMENT SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL OWNERS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL REGISTERS SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SURVEYS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOL TYPES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SERVICE TRAINING STATISTICAL ANALYSES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT BODY STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER SALARIES TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING ACTIVITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK PROVISION TEXTBOOKS TUITION TYPES OF SCHOOLS TYPES OF STUDENTS VOUCHERS This paper uses survey data from representative samples of government and private schools in two states of India, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, to explore systematic differences between the two school types. The authors find that private school students have higher test scores than government school students. However, in both private and government schools the overall quality is low and learning gains from one grade to the next are small. There is large variation in the quality of both school types; and observed school and teacher characteristics are weakly correlated with learning outcomes. There is considerable sorting among students, and those from higher socio-economic strata select into private schools. Private schools have lower pupil-teacher ratios and seven to eight times' lower teacher salaries but do not differ systematically in infrastructure and teacher effort from government schools. Most of the variation in teacher effort is within schools and is weakly correlated with observed teacher characteristics such as education, training, and experience. After controlling for observed student and school characteristics, the private school advantage over government schools in test scores varies by state, school type and grade. Private unrecognized schools do better than private recognized schools. Given the large salary differential, private schools would clearly be more cost effective even in the case of no absolute difference in test scores. 2014-04-22T18:27:25Z 2014-04-22T18:27:25Z 2009-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11629796/government-private-schools-differ-findings-two-large-indian-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17962 English en_US South Asia human development sector series;no. 30 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India |
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AVERAGE SCORE BASIC COMPETENCIES BASIC SKILLS CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CHARACTERISTICS CLASSROOMS COLLEGE DEGREE DISTANCE TO SCHOOL EARLY GRADES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ELEMENTARY EDUCATION END OF GRADE ENROLLMENT FEMALE TEACHERS FREE TEXTBOOK FREE TEXTBOOKS GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER TEST SCORES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IN SERVICE TRAINING LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING OUTCOMES LITERACY LITERACY RATE LITERATURE LOCAL TEACHERS MATHEMATICS MINIMUM SKILLS MULTI GRADE TEACHING NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUMERACY PAPERS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOL EFFECT PRIVATE SCHOOL SECTOR PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE TUITION PRIVATE UNAIDED SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPIL TEACHER RATIOS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING COMPREHENSION REGULAR TEACHER REGULAR TEACHERS RESEARCHERS REVENUE FROM FEES RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL ENROLMENT SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL OWNERS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL REGISTERS SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SURVEYS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOL TYPES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SERVICE TRAINING STATISTICAL ANALYSES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT BODY STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER SALARIES TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING ACTIVITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK PROVISION TEXTBOOKS TUITION TYPES OF SCHOOLS TYPES OF STUDENTS VOUCHERS |
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AVERAGE SCORE BASIC COMPETENCIES BASIC SKILLS CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CHARACTERISTICS CLASSROOMS COLLEGE DEGREE DISTANCE TO SCHOOL EARLY GRADES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ELEMENTARY EDUCATION END OF GRADE ENROLLMENT FEMALE TEACHERS FREE TEXTBOOK FREE TEXTBOOKS GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER TEST SCORES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IN SERVICE TRAINING LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING OUTCOMES LITERACY LITERACY RATE LITERATURE LOCAL TEACHERS MATHEMATICS MINIMUM SKILLS MULTI GRADE TEACHING NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUMERACY PAPERS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOL EFFECT PRIVATE SCHOOL SECTOR PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE TUITION PRIVATE UNAIDED SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPIL TEACHER RATIOS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING COMPREHENSION REGULAR TEACHER REGULAR TEACHERS RESEARCHERS REVENUE FROM FEES RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL ENROLMENT SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL OWNERS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL REGISTERS SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SURVEYS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOL TYPES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SERVICE TRAINING STATISTICAL ANALYSES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT BODY STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER SALARIES TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING ACTIVITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK PROVISION TEXTBOOKS TUITION TYPES OF SCHOOLS TYPES OF STUDENTS VOUCHERS Goyal, Sangeeta Pandey, Priyanka How Do Government and Private Schools Differ? Findings from Two Large Indian States |
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This paper uses survey data from
representative samples of government and private schools in
two states of India, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, to
explore systematic differences between the two school types.
The authors find that private school students have higher
test scores than government school students. However, in
both private and government schools the overall quality is
low and learning gains from one grade to the next are small.
There is large variation in the quality of both school
types; and observed school and teacher characteristics are
weakly correlated with learning outcomes. There is
considerable sorting among students, and those from higher
socio-economic strata select into private schools. Private
schools have lower pupil-teacher ratios and seven to eight
times' lower teacher salaries but do not differ
systematically in infrastructure and teacher effort from
government schools. Most of the variation in teacher effort
is within schools and is weakly correlated with observed
teacher characteristics such as education, training, and
experience. After controlling for observed student and
school characteristics, the private school advantage over
government schools in test scores varies by state, school
type and grade. Private unrecognized schools do better than
private recognized schools. Given the large salary
differential, private schools would clearly be more cost
effective even in the case of no absolute difference in test scores. |
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Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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Goyal, Sangeeta Pandey, Priyanka |
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Goyal, Sangeeta Pandey, Priyanka |
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Goyal, Sangeeta |
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How Do Government and Private Schools Differ? Findings from Two Large Indian States |
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How Do Government and Private Schools Differ? Findings from Two Large Indian States |
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How Do Government and Private Schools Differ? Findings from Two Large Indian States |
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How Do Government and Private Schools Differ? Findings from Two Large Indian States |
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How Do Government and Private Schools Differ? Findings from Two Large Indian States |
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how do government and private schools differ? findings from two large indian states |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11629796/government-private-schools-differ-findings-two-large-indian-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17962 |
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