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1995 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 554-555
Author(s):  
Anne B. Imamura
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Japanese Education ◽  
Postwar Japan

scholarly journals The Welfare Effects of Coordinated Assignment: Evidence from the New York City High School Match

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (12) ◽  
pp. 3635-3689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atila Abdulkadiroğlu ◽  
Nikhil Agarwal ◽  
Parag A. Pathak
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
York City ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Welfare Effects ◽  
Student Preferences ◽  
Deferred Acceptance ◽  
School Assignment

Coordinated single-offer school assignment systems are a popular education reform. We show that uncoordinated offers in NYC's school assignment mechanism generated mismatches. One-third of applicants were unassigned after the main round and later administratively placed at less desirable schools. We evaluate the effects of the new coordinated mechanism based on deferred acceptance using estimated student preferences. The new mechanism achieves 80 percent of the possible gains from a no-choice neighborhood extreme to a utilitarian benchmark. Coordinating offers dominates the effects of further algorithm modifications. Students most likely to be previously administratively assigned experienced the largest gains in welfare and subsequent achievement. (JEL C78, D82, I21, I28)

School evaluation at Japanese schools: policy intentions and practical appropriation

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaaki Katsuno ◽  
Tetsuro Takei
Keyword(s):  
Education Reform ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Student Involvement ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
School Evaluation ◽  
Japanese Education ◽  
Evaluation Policies ◽  
Japanese Schools

In the present paper the authors will describe the development of school evaluation policies in the context of recent Japanese education reform. In doing so, the applicability of Neave's 'Evaluative State' thesis shall be examined. And then they will move on to the discussion as to how the policies will work in schools. Drawing on the findings of their empirical research into student involvement in the school evaluation process, the authors will deal with the 'politics of appropriation'. The process could be of a liberating nature at the present time, as opposed to the managerial intentions of policy.

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