Theme: Educational success
Sunday, Jun 12 2022
The quality of education is determined by whether the school is public or private
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- Abdulkadiroğlu, A., Angrist, J., & Pathak, P. (2014). The elite illusion: Achievement effects at Boston and New York exam schools. Econometrica, 82(1), 137-196. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA10266
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Research continues on the differences in academic results between public and private schools. This difference is what marks the discrimination between public and private schools in terms of educational quality. For this reason, different investigations have been carried out over several continuous years to compare the results between one school and another.
All this discussion comes from the quality of education, it does not matter if the educational center is private or public, what matters is the quality of teaching, of the students and of the learning strategies that are taught in the center.
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sí que es verdad que en las escuelas privadas hay un alto nivel de aprendizaje y resultados porque los profesores exigen más a los alumnos y están más encima de ellos. Por otro lado, en los centros públicos, los profesores tienen una mayor formación porque son funcionarios y, en mi opinión, dejan que el alumno tenga más autonomia
Existe un debate sobre si existe más calidad educativa en escuelas privadas o escuelas públicas. En la Universidad de Zaragoza se ha realizado una investigación sobre el análisis de la calidad que reciben estudiantes en centro públicos y privados de enseñanza secundaria. Dichos datos están recogidos mediante un cuestionario hecho por estudiantes que están cursando segundo de bachillerato del curso 2001-2002, pertenecientes a las comunidades autónomas de Aragón, Asturias y Extremadura. Se componen de 15.857 cuestionarios válidos en total.
De esta investigación se concluye que es realmente complejo poder dar una conclusión a esta cuestión, debido a que las investigaciones sobre este tema presentan limitaciones. Entre las limitaciones que existen, unas de ellas son la diversidad de restricciones externas y el modo de gestión de la escuela; cada escuela tiene su propia gestión y valores educativos . Además, se ha identificado para este análisis cuatro factores sobre la opinión de la calidad del servicio educativo: Elementos Tangibles, Contenido y Cumplimiento de la Docencia, Metodología Docente e Interés del Profesorado y Formación íntegra.
El resultado muestra que las valoraciones medias de los factores de la calidad son valoraciones positivas en todos los aspectos. Pero, el tema principal es la diferencia de calidad que existe entre colegios públicos y privados. Se concluye que los colegios privados concertados tienen una mejor valoración positiva que los colegios públicos. Pero, estos resultados son una muestra de percepción que tienen los estudiantes sobre los colegios privados y colegios públicos.
The debate over whether public or private schools provide a better education has been ongoing for decades. While some argue that private schools are generally better due to their smaller class sizes, more resources, and greater flexibility, others contend that public schools are more equitable and inclusive, and therefore provide a better education for all students regardless of their socioeconomic status. However, a 2014 study by Abdulkadiroglu, Angrist, and Pathak adds a new dimension to this debate by analyzing the performance of elite public schools known as “exam schools” in Boston and New York City.
Exam schools are highly selective public schools that admit students based on their academic merit, typically through a competitive entrance exam. These schools are considered to be some of the best public schools in the country, with rigorous academic programs, highly qualified teachers, and a high rate of college admissions among their graduates. However, they are also criticized for being elitist and exclusionary, as they often serve a disproportionate number of high-achieving students from affluent families.
The study by Abdulkadiroglu et al. aimed to investigate whether the academic achievements of students in exam schools were due to the schools themselves, or simply the high-achieving students who attend them. They compared the performance of students who barely made the cut-off score for admission to these schools to the performance of students who just missed the cut-off score and were therefore unable to attend. By comparing these two groups of students, the researchers were able to isolate the effect of attending an exam school on academic achievement.
The results of the study showed that attending an exam school did indeed have a positive effect on academic achievement, with students who barely made the cut-off score for admission performing significantly better than those who just missed it. This effect was particularly pronounced in math, science, and English, and was consistent across both Boston and New York City exam schools.
However, the study also found that the effect of attending an exam school was only evident among students who came from lower-income families. Among students from higher-income families, there was no significant difference in academic achievement between those who attended exam schools and those who did not.
These findings have important implications for the ongoing debate over the quality of education in public versus private schools. While private schools may have certain advantages over public schools in terms of resources and flexibility, the study suggests that elite public schools like exam schools can provide a high-quality education for high-achieving students, particularly those from lower-income families. However, the study also highlights the need to address issues of equity and access in education, as students from higher-income families may still have an advantage in accessing these elite public schools. Overall, the study provides valuable insights into the complex relationship between school type, socioeconomic status, and academic achievement.
Source: Abdulkadiroglu, A., Angrist, J., & Pathak, P. A. (2014). The elite illusion: Achievement effects at Boston and New York exam schools. Econometrica, 82(1), 137-196.
The ongoing debate on academic performance between public and private schools is still in force today, so that’s why we wanted to choose this topic, to analyze this issue and highlight the reality about which of them allows for better student results.
In João Pessoa, Brazil, a comparative study on the future perspectives of students from public and private schools will be carried out with the aim of comparing the future expectations of primary and secondary school pupils from both schools. The results show no major differences between one institution and another, but private schools have higher future expectations regarding the possibility of going to university and getting a socially valued job. On the other hand, 9% of the students who are going to take part in the study, all of whom belong to a public school, have negative expectations about their future and are more uncertain about choosing who they are going to be, as they don’t know what to expect from the future.
Another piece of research carried out in Belo Horizonte, also in Brazil, by Lorena Gabrielle, summarized a study comparing public and private schools in order to find out what level the students are at in terms of fast automatic assessment in those pupils who have learning problems, and in those who don’t. This study will be carried out using the RAN test, which is used to check for possible reading problems. The results showed that public school pupils performed less well than public school pupils on the reading subtest. These results are likely to be due to the proximity of the family environment and the socio-economic differences between both schools.
Finally, one last study, carried out by T.Sarÿ in Turkey, tried to determine the situation of the centers in the competition created by private secondary schools by using the opinions of the directors of private and public institutes. The results show that the private institute is more open to competition and is more agile when it comes to attracting students, making decisions that attract families and training the best teachers to achieve their objectives at a specific time. On the other hand, the public defines itself as non-competitive, is in an inequality of conditions and reduces its effectiveness in this competition. All this is caused by the economic level and social rank in which each of the schools are.
In conclusion, following the results of the research, we can affirm that private institutions are at a higher level referring to school performance in general, compared to public institutions. That’s because the socio-economic and social conditions of the families and the resources they have, which are very diverse between the two institutions.
– De Oliveira, I. C. V., & Saldanha, A. A. W. (2010). Estudio comparativo sobre la perspectiva de futuro de los estudiantes de escuelas públicas y privadas. Paidéia. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0103-863×2010000100007
– Lorena Gabrielle Ribeiro Bicalho, (2010). La denominación seriada rápida en estudiantes con o sin quejas de problemas de aprendizaje en escuelas públicas y privadas. Scielo. https://www.scielo.br/j/rcefac/a/rVVYGDqKpYRsDsStsYfjjVp/?lang=pt#
– T. Sarÿ (2022), La gestió d’instituts públics en el món competitiu dels instituts privats. [Treball de recerca publicat] Facultat d’Educació de la Universitat de Pamukkale, https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2089393