School choice and student achievement: New evidence on open-enrolment

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This paper studies the effects of open-enrolment on student performance in the context of an admission reform in Stockholm. Before 2000, students had priority to the public upper secondary school situated closest to where they lived, but from the fall of 2000 and onwards, admission is based on grades only. The reform imposed strong incentives for school competition: all students can apply to all schools, there is no targeting of students to schools, and funding follows the students. It is shown that the students in Stockholm perform no better with increased choice availability. In fact, high ability students seem to perform worse after the reform.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2006:16

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Education
• Subject: School choice ; open-enrolment ; Bildungspolitik ; Bildungsreform ; Schule ; Entscheidung ; Bildungsinvestition ; Bildungsertrag ; Schweden

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Söderström, Martin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
• (where): Uppsala
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/78652
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET