The efficiency of Uruguayan secondary schools : evidence based on PISA 2015 data

Azar, Paola - Gonzalez Etchebehere, Federico - Muinelo Gallo, Leonel

Resumen:

While Uruguayan public education spending is limited so that increasing funding could still improve schooling outcomes, a better use of the current resources could also make a difference. This paper analyses the efficiency performance of a set of public and private schools and explores its main drivers based on PISA-2015 data. Efficiency is estimated by using PISA marks adjusted by the student socioeconomic condition as outputs in a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and it is regressed on a set of explanatory variables by applying bootstrapped truncated regressions. Results show high inefficiencies for the average Uruguayan school with a considerable dispersion in the efficiency attainments. Efficiency gains are associated to school size, location, private management and the presence of non-teaching staff.


Aunque el gasto en educación en Uruguay aún es limitado, su mejor uso también podría marcar una diferencia en cuanto a los resultados educativos obtenidos. Este trabajo analiza la eficiencia educativa de un conjunto de escuelas públicas y privadas uruguayas, y explora sus principales determinantes utilizando datos de PISA para 2015. La eficiencia se estima utilizando los puntajes PISA, ajustados por la condición socioeconómica de los estudiantes, como variable de resultado en un Análisis Envolvente de Datos y explicado por un conjunto de variables contextuales aplicando regresiones truncadas con bootstraps. Los resultados muestran altos niveles de ineficiencia en los liceos de Uruguay, con una considerable dispersión en la distribución del indicador. El aumento de la eficiencia se asocia con el tamaño del centro, su ubicación geográfica, la gestión privada del mismo y la presencia de personal no docente.


Detalles Bibliográficos
2018
PISA
Pruebas Pisa
Efficiency
DEA
Private ownership
EFICIENCIA
ANALISIS ENVOLVENTE DE DATOS
ESCUELAS PUBLICAS
ESCUELAS PRIVADAS
GASTO EDUCATIVO
Inglés
Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/20423
Acceso abierto
Resumen:
Sumario:While Uruguayan public education spending is limited so that increasing funding could still improve schooling outcomes, a better use of the current resources could also make a difference. This paper analyses the efficiency performance of a set of public and private schools and explores its main drivers based on PISA-2015 data. Efficiency is estimated by using PISA marks adjusted by the student socioeconomic condition as outputs in a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and it is regressed on a set of explanatory variables by applying bootstrapped truncated regressions. Results show high inefficiencies for the average Uruguayan school with a considerable dispersion in the efficiency attainments. Efficiency gains are associated to school size, location, private management and the presence of non-teaching staff.