Impact of school closures on academic performance: Evidence from Chile

Maria Pia Iocco ()
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Maria Pia Iocco: Department of Economics, University of Sussex, Falmer, BN1 9SL, UK, Economics & Institute for Policy Research (IPR), University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY

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Abstract: : This paper studies the effect of school closures on students’ test scores in the Chilean educational market, which was a relatively easy-to-free and exit market. With a school exit rate varying from 1% to 2%, thousands of students are forced to reallocate at the end of every academic year. I use a nationwide, standardised test applied to the same cohort three times during their primary and middle years to analyse the impact of these closures on their math and reading performance. Using value-added models, the estimations show no effects on average on both subjects for girls and boys. However, there are heterogeneous results by type of closing school, with no impact in public schools but negative in voucher and private ones. In addition, consistent with the previous literature, the results show an immediate negative impact the first year after the closure but null or even positive outcomes in the medium term. Results also suggest that students moving to schools with better performance than the closing one can see a boost in their scores

Keywords: planned school closures; student learning; test scores (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-10
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