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The effect of the quasi-market on the efficiency-equity trade-off in the secondary school sector

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Steve Bradley
Jim Taylor

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Britains education system was radically transformed during the 1990s following the Education Reform Act (1988). The primary objective of these reforms was to raise educational standards through the creation of a quasi-market based upon greater parental choice and the transfer of control over resources from local education authorities to schools. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of the quasi-market on efficiency and equity in the secondary education sector in England during the 1990s. Two primary questions are addressed: Has the quasi-market led to an improvement in efficiency in the secondary education sector? Has the quasi-market had any adverse consequences on the social segregation of pupils between schools? Using a combination of several data sets, including the Schools Census, the School Performance Tables and the Youth Cohort Study, we find strong evidence that the quasi-market has led to a substantial improvement in efficiency (as measured by a schools exam performance and by

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Paper provided by Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department in its series Working Papers with number 000031.

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Keywords: SCHOOL PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY; EQUITY; QUASI-MARKET; EXAM RESULTS SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

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