Inequality in education in Costa Rica: The gap between students in public and private schools. An analysis of the results of the programme for international student assessment (PISA) / Andrés A. Fernández and Valle A. Roberto Del.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Fernández, Andrés A., author.

Contributor:

Roberto Del, Valle A..

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Costa Rica.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Costa Rica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (20 pages)

Contained In:

CEPAL Review Vol. 2013, no. 111, p. 37-56 2013:111<37 1684-0348

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This article presents the main results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for Costa Rica in 2009 and then goes on to analyse the gap between the scores of students attending private schools and those attending public schools. However, the estimation of an education production function using these data shows that this gap is not entirely attributable to whether schools are public or private, but that instead the students' family environment, personal traits and, in particular, the student's grade level at the time that the PISA test was taken are all quite influential.

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