The Performance of Decentralized School Systems : Evidence from Fe y Alegría in Venezuela

This program evaluation estimates the effects on standardized test scores of graduating from the Fe y Alegría private school system in Venezuela. The authors find an Average Treatment Effect on the order of 0.1 standard deviations (approximately 16...

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Main Authors:	Allcott, Hunt, Ortega, Daniel E.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION APTITUDE AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AVERAGE SCORE AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT BETTER TEACHERS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CENTRAL CURRICULUM CLASSROOM COLLEGE ENTRANCE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DESIGN DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION DECISION MAKING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION CREDIT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL REFORMS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ETHICS EVALUATION PAPERS EXAMS EXPENDITURES FUTURE RESEARCH GRADING HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY JOB TRAINING LABOR FORCE LABOR UNIONS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY CAMPAIGN LITERACY RATE LITERATURE LOCAL SCHOOLS MATH SCORES NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PAPERS PARENT PARTICIPATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO REASONING RESEARCHERS RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL BOARDS SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL CONTROL SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOOL DECISION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL OFFICIALS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL MOBILITY STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT BODY STUDENT PARTICIPATION STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER STRIKES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TRAINING PROGRAMS TYPES OF STUDENTS VOUCHER SYSTEM VOUCHERS WORKERS YOUTH
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spelling	okr-10986-40732021-04-23T14:02:15Z The Performance of Decentralized School Systems : Evidence from Fe y Alegría in Venezuela Allcott, Hunt Ortega, Daniel E. ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION APTITUDE AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AVERAGE SCORE AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT BETTER TEACHERS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CENTRAL CURRICULUM CLASSROOM COLLEGE ENTRANCE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DESIGN DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION DECISION MAKING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION CREDIT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL REFORMS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ETHICS EVALUATION PAPERS EXAMS EXPENDITURES FUTURE RESEARCH GRADING HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY JOB TRAINING LABOR FORCE LABOR UNIONS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY CAMPAIGN LITERACY RATE LITERATURE LOCAL SCHOOLS MATH SCORES NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PAPERS PARENT PARTICIPATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO REASONING RESEARCHERS RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL BOARDS SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL CONTROL SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOOL DECISION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL OFFICIALS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL MOBILITY STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT BODY STUDENT PARTICIPATION STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER STRIKES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TRAINING PROGRAMS TYPES OF STUDENTS VOUCHER SYSTEM VOUCHERS WORKERS YOUTH This program evaluation estimates the effects on standardized test scores of graduating from the Fe y Alegría private school system in Venezuela. The authors find an Average Treatment Effect on the order of 0.1 standard deviations (approximately 16 percent of the average score), using a control group of public school students. These effects are significantly larger for households at the bottom of the distribution, and smaller for those at the top. The authors posit that the better performance of the Fe y Alegría system stems from their labor contract flexibility and decentralized administrative structure. 2012-03-19T19:09:32Z 2012-03-19T19:09:32Z 2009-03-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090327140753 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4073 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4879 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean South America America Venezuela
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topic	ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION APTITUDE AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AVERAGE SCORE AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT BETTER TEACHERS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CENTRAL CURRICULUM CLASSROOM COLLEGE ENTRANCE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DESIGN DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION DECISION MAKING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION CREDIT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL REFORMS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ETHICS EVALUATION PAPERS EXAMS EXPENDITURES FUTURE RESEARCH GRADING HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY JOB TRAINING LABOR FORCE LABOR UNIONS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY CAMPAIGN LITERACY RATE LITERATURE LOCAL SCHOOLS MATH SCORES NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PAPERS PARENT PARTICIPATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO REASONING RESEARCHERS RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL BOARDS SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL CONTROL SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOOL DECISION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL OFFICIALS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL MOBILITY STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT BODY STUDENT PARTICIPATION STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER STRIKES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TRAINING PROGRAMS TYPES OF STUDENTS VOUCHER SYSTEM VOUCHERS WORKERS YOUTH
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION APTITUDE AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AVERAGE SCORE AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT BETTER TEACHERS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CENTRAL CURRICULUM CLASSROOM COLLEGE ENTRANCE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DESIGN DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION DECISION MAKING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION CREDIT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL REFORMS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ETHICS EVALUATION PAPERS EXAMS EXPENDITURES FUTURE RESEARCH GRADING HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY JOB TRAINING LABOR FORCE LABOR UNIONS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY CAMPAIGN LITERACY RATE LITERATURE LOCAL SCHOOLS MATH SCORES NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PAPERS PARENT PARTICIPATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO REASONING RESEARCHERS RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL BOARDS SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL CONTROL SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOOL DECISION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL OFFICIALS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL MOBILITY STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT BODY STUDENT PARTICIPATION STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER STRIKES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TRAINING PROGRAMS TYPES OF STUDENTS VOUCHER SYSTEM VOUCHERS WORKERS YOUTH Allcott, Hunt Ortega, Daniel E. The Performance of Decentralized School Systems : Evidence from Fe y Alegría in Venezuela
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean South America America Venezuela
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4879
description	This program evaluation estimates the effects on standardized test scores of graduating from the Fe y Alegría private school system in Venezuela. The authors find an Average Treatment Effect on the order of 0.1 standard deviations (approximately 16 percent of the average score), using a control group of public school students. These effects are significantly larger for households at the bottom of the distribution, and smaller for those at the top. The authors posit that the better performance of the Fe y Alegría system stems from their labor contract flexibility and decentralized administrative structure.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Allcott, Hunt Ortega, Daniel E.
author_facet	Allcott, Hunt Ortega, Daniel E.
author_sort	Allcott, Hunt
title	The Performance of Decentralized School Systems : Evidence from Fe y Alegría in Venezuela
title_short	The Performance of Decentralized School Systems : Evidence from Fe y Alegría in Venezuela
title_full	The Performance of Decentralized School Systems : Evidence from Fe y Alegría in Venezuela
title_fullStr	The Performance of Decentralized School Systems : Evidence from Fe y Alegría in Venezuela
title_full_unstemmed	The Performance of Decentralized School Systems : Evidence from Fe y Alegría in Venezuela
title_sort	performance of decentralized school systems : evidence from fe y alegría in venezuela
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090327140753 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4073
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The Performance of Decentralized School Systems : Evidence from Fe y Alegría in Venezuela

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