Methodology for school accountabilty and education quality assessment in inequality contexts in Chile
Contribution in research and project management tasks for a large scale project in the chilean Ministry of Education. Products: (i) Development of an econometric methodology (education quality index) for school accountability, based on standardized tests of educational attainment, non-cognitive skills and socioeconomic characteristics of students; (ii) Assessment of accountability measures, in terms of the pressure-support trade-off, incentives and desired outcomes of educational reform; and (iii) Classification of schools (“Categorias de Desempeño”) and production of reports by establishment, districts and regional information synthesis for the Educational Quality Assurance Agency of Chile, to design intervention plans in schools with the purpose of guiding educational improvement and inform the local communities and parents.
Download Official Ministry of Education Decree with methodology (in force)