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The Effectiveness of Private Voucher Education: Evidence from Structural School Switches
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Lara, Bernardo; Mizala, Alejandra; Repetto, Andrea – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2011
In this article the authors analyze the effect of private voucher education on student academic performance using new data on Chilean students and a novel identification strategy. Most schools in Chile provide either primary or secondary education. The authors analyze the effect of private voucher education on students who are forced to enroll at…
Descriptors: Evidence, Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
The Paradoxical Relationship between Student Achievement and Self-Perception: A Cross-National Analysis Based on Three Waves of TIMSS Data
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Shen, C.; Tam, H. P. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
Using 3 waves of the TIMSS data, this study investigates the relationship between 8th-graders' mathematics and science achievement and their self-perceptions on these 2 subjects. For within-country data, there is generally a positive relationship between students' achievement and the following 3 measures of their self-perception: how much they…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Academic Standards, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement