Post on 24-Dec-2015
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Maria-Paz Fernandez
Possible Improvements to the Chilean Public Education System
The Case of the Metropolitan Region
Chile
• Population:– 17.2 million
• Government:– Democratic Republic– Central government
• GDP Per Capita of $17,200 (US $49,000)
• Ranked 15/136 countries with most unequal family income distribution (US is 42)
Chile
• Metropolitan region:– 52 communes– Population: 6.2
million– 1,274 public schools– 29% of students
attend public schools
• Administrative division:
Regions Communes
Chilean Educational System• Three types of schools
– Public– Subsidized– Private
• Three standardized tests to measure quality– Example of PSU
• Differences between types of schools
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Average Score by Type of School
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Percentage of Students Who Scored Above 450 points
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Source: DEMRESource: DEMRE
Protests Against the Education System
• Consequences of current educational system– Differences between types
of schools– Differences in access to
high quality education determined by income
– Access to University
• Many argue that the solution is to give more funds to public schools
Source: La Tercera
Source: The Clinic
Spending and Quality of Education
Sources: Sinim, DEMRE
Spending Per Student and Academic Achievement
Spending and Quality of Education
Sources: Sinim, DEMRE, MineducSources: Sinim, DEMRE
Spending Per Student and Academic Achievement
Preliminary Findings
• The quality of education in Chilean public schools is inferior to private schools.
• The quality of education in public schools affects especially students with lower incomes.
• A higher amount spent per student appears not to be related to a better quality of education.
• For final, work on other variables that can affect the quality of public education (socioeconomic, demographic, etc.).
Skills Used
• Geoprocessing (clipping)• Inset maps• Graduated symbols• Aggregate attribute fields• New indices created• Boundary sub-sets selection
Sources
• ESRI, www.esri.com• La Tercera, www.latercera.com• Ministry of Education Chile (Mineduc), www.mineduc.gob.cl• Integrated System of Territorial Information (SIIT), Library of
Congress Chile, siit.bcn.cl• National Statistics Institute Chile (INE), www.ine.cl• National System of Municipal Information Chile (Sinim),
www.sinim.cl/indicadores/busq_serie_var.php• The Clinic, www.theclinic.cl• University of Chile, Department of Education Evaluation,
Measurement and Registry (DEMRE), www.demre.cl/estadisticas.htm
• World Bank, Data Catalog, data.worldbank.org