The performance of decentralized school systems
Subtitle: evidence from Fe y Alegria in Venezuela
By: Hunt Allcott, Daniel E. Ortega.
Contributors: Ortega, Daniel E.; World Bank.
Series: Policy research working paper -- 4879; Policy research working papers (Online) -- 4879.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Education -- Standards -- Venezuela
Description: "This program evaluation estimates the effects on standardized test scores of graduating from the Fe y Alegria 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 Alegria system stems from their labor contract flexibility and decentralized administrative structure. "--World Bank web site.
Notes: Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/7/2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available in print.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.