An evaluation of the impact of funding and school specialisation on student performance using matching models
We evaluate the effectiveness of a resource-based policy on im- proving school quality measured in terms of pupils' test scores. Using several data sets, we present a set of empirical tests to control for pupil's prior attainment, policy-off policy-on, duration of the funding and subjects of specialisation. We apply matching methods to con- front issues of the choice of an appropriate control group and selection bias. After matching we find a positive and statistically significant policy effect on test score levels, but this is approximately 50% lower than our 'naive' estimates. Difference-in-differences estimates show a significant and positive effect on the change in test scores.
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2009
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Authors: | Bradley, S ; Migali, G ; Taylor, Jim |
Institutions: | Department of Economics, Management School |
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