School reforms and pupil performance

Eyles, Andrew, Hupkau, Claudia ORCID: 0000-0002-7545-3835 and Machin, Stephen ORCID: 0009-0004-8130-2701 (2016) School reforms and pupil performance. Labour Economics, 41. pp. 9-19. ISSN 0927-5371

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Abstract

The relationship between school reforms, specifically those involving the introduction of new school types, and pupil performance is studied. The particular context is the introduction of academy schools in England, but related evidence on Swedish free schools and US charter schools is also presented. The empirical evidence shows a positive causal impact of the conversion of disadvantaged schools to academies on end of school pupil performance and on the subsequent probability of degree completion at university. There is heterogeneity in this impact, such that more disadvantaged pupils and those attending London academies experience bigger performance improvements.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.journals.elsevier.com/labour-economics
Additional Information:	© 2016 Elsevier B.V.
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
JEL classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I20 - General I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I21 - Analysis of Education I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I28 - Government Policy
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2016 12:50
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 01:12
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/67141

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