El desempeño de los estudiantes de secundaria en los colegios de Fe y Alegría en Colombia: una cuestión de Fe y/o Alegría?

Parra Osorio, Juan Carlos and Wodon, Quentin (2011): El desempeño de los estudiantes de secundaria en los colegios de Fe y Alegría en Colombia: una cuestión de Fe y/o Alegría? Published in: Escuelas religiosas en América Latina: estudios de caso sobre Fe y Alegría, World Bank, Washington DC (edited by Juan Carlos Parra Osorio and Quentin Wodon) (February 2011)

Abstract

Fe y Alegría is a catholic network of schools that started operations in Colombia in 1971, and in 2009 served more than 72,000 students in 61 schools. This paper assesses the performance of Fe y Alegría secondary schools in Colombia using test scores for Spanish and mathematics, as well as detailed information on the characteristics of the household to which students belong. Simple statistics suggest that Fe y Alegría schools perform worse than other schools for all years in the sample. However, Fe y Alegría schools also cater to poorer students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Once controls are included for student background, Fe y Alegría schools actually often perform as well and in some cases better than other schools for mathematics and Spanish, thus partially reversing the previous finding.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Academic performance of Fe y Alegria high school students in Colombia: is it a matter of Fe (faith) and/or Alegria (joy)?
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Education; Faith-based schools; Public-private partnerships; Fe y Alegría; Colombia
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I20 - General; H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods > H43 - Project Evaluation ; Social Discount Rate; L - Industrial Organization > L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise > L31 - Nonprofit Institutions ; NGOs ; Social Entrepreneurship

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