Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes? Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation

School autonomy and parental participation have been frequently proposed as ways of making schools more productive. Less clear is how governments can foster decentralized decision making by local schools. This article shows that across eight Latin American countries, most of the variation in local c...

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Main Authors:	Gunnarsson, Victoria, Orazem, Peter F., Sanchez, Mario A., Verdisco, Aimee
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Analysis of Education I210 Education: Government Policy I280 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5809

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spelling	okr-10986-58092021-04-23T14:02:23Z Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes? Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation Gunnarsson, Victoria Orazem, Peter F. Sanchez, Mario A. Verdisco, Aimee Analysis of Education I210 Education: Government Policy I280 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 School autonomy and parental participation have been frequently proposed as ways of making schools more productive. Less clear is how governments can foster decentralized decision making by local schools. This article shows that across eight Latin American countries, most of the variation in local control over school decisions exists within and not between countries. That implies that the exercise of local authority to manage schools is largely a local choice only modestly influenced by constitutional stipulations regarding jurisdiction over school personnel, curriculum, and facilities. As a consequence, estimated impacts of local school autonomy, parental participation, or school supplies on student performance must account for the endogeneity of local efforts to manage schools. Empirical tests confirm that local managerial effort by the principal and parents and the adequacy of school supplies are strongly influenced by parental human capital and the size and remoteness of the community, and that these effects are only partially moderated by central policies regarding the locus of control over the schools. Correcting for endogeneity, parental participation and adequacy school supplies have strong positive effects on fourth grade test performance, but school autonomy has no discernible impact on school outcomes. 2012-03-30T07:34:39Z 2012-03-30T07:34:39Z 2009 Journal Article Economic Development and Cultural Change 00130079 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5809 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic	Analysis of Education I210 Education: Government Policy I280 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
spellingShingle	Analysis of Education I210 Education: Government Policy I280 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Gunnarsson, Victoria Orazem, Peter F. Sanchez, Mario A. Verdisco, Aimee Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes? Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation
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description	School autonomy and parental participation have been frequently proposed as ways of making schools more productive. Less clear is how governments can foster decentralized decision making by local schools. This article shows that across eight Latin American countries, most of the variation in local control over school decisions exists within and not between countries. That implies that the exercise of local authority to manage schools is largely a local choice only modestly influenced by constitutional stipulations regarding jurisdiction over school personnel, curriculum, and facilities. As a consequence, estimated impacts of local school autonomy, parental participation, or school supplies on student performance must account for the endogeneity of local efforts to manage schools. Empirical tests confirm that local managerial effort by the principal and parents and the adequacy of school supplies are strongly influenced by parental human capital and the size and remoteness of the community, and that these effects are only partially moderated by central policies regarding the locus of control over the schools. Correcting for endogeneity, parental participation and adequacy school supplies have strong positive effects on fourth grade test performance, but school autonomy has no discernible impact on school outcomes.
format	Journal Article
author	Gunnarsson, Victoria Orazem, Peter F. Sanchez, Mario A. Verdisco, Aimee
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title	Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes? Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation
title_short	Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes? Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation
title_full	Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes? Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation
title_fullStr	Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes? Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation
title_full_unstemmed	Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes? Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation
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