DP3776 The Impact of School Inputs on Student Performance: An Empirical Study of Private Schools in the UK
Author(s): | Kathryn Graddy, Margaret Stevens |
Publication Date: | February 2003 |
Keyword(s): | exam performance, private schools, school resources, teacher-pupil ratio |
JEL(s): | I20 |
Programme Areas: | Labour Economics |
Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=3776 |
In this article, we report the results of an empirical study of the impact of school inputs on pupils? performance in private (independent) schools in the United Kingdom. We use a new school-level panel dataset constructed from information provided by the Independent Schools Information Service (ISIS). We show a consistent negative relationship between the pupil-teacher ratio at a school and the average examination results at that school. Our estimates indicate that the relationship persists even when we are estimating ?added-value? models conditional on previous exam results. The results are noteworthy in comparison with studies for the state sector, relatively few of which have found a consistent and significant effect.