What Matters Most for Engaging the Private Sector in Education : A Framework Paper

This paper provides an overview of what matters most for engaging the private sector in basic education. In many countries, private schools educate a substantial and growing share of the student population. The goal of this paper is not to advocate for private schooling, but to outline the most effective evidence based policies that governments can use to orient these non-state providers toward promoting learning for all children and youth. Systems approach for better education results (SABER) engaging the private sector (EPS) builds upon the framework for effective service delivery outlined in the World Bank's World Development Report 2004, making services work for the poor, as well as in the World Bank's education sector strategy 2020, learning for all. To assist countries in improving their policy frameworks for private education, SABER EPS analyzes and benchmarks four policy goals that, according to the global evidence, can strengthen provider accountability and promote learning for all. These policy goals are: (1) encouraging innovation by providers; (2) holding schools accountable; (3) empowering all parents, students, and communities; and (4) promoting diversity of supply. Each of these policy goals is benchmarked across four common models of private service delivery: (a) independent private schools, (b) government funded private schools, (c) privately managed schools, and (d) voucher schools. In its country level application of the framework and tools, SABER EPS assesses only the modes of private delivery that already exist in each country.

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Main Authors: Baum, Donald, Lewis, Laura, Lusk-Stover, Oni, Patrinos, Harry
Format: Publications & Research biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-07
Subjects:ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACADEMIC INTERESTS, ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ACADEMIC QUALITY, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, ACCESS TO SCHOOLING, ACHIEVEMENT SCORES, APPROACHES TO EDUCATION, BACKGROUND PAPERS, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION SERVICES, CIVIC PARTICIPATION, CLASS SIZE, CLASS SIZES, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM LEVEL, COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, COMPARATIVE EDUCATION, COMPLETION RATES, CURRICULUM, DROPOUT RATES, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION INITIATIVES, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATION POLICIES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION PROVIDERS, EDUCATION REFORM, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SERVICES, EDUCATION STRATEGIES, EDUCATION STUDENTS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL DISADVANTAGES, EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE, EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EDUCATORS, EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, ENROLLMENT POLICIES, ENROLLMENT RATES, ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS, EQUITABLE ACCESS, ETHNIC GROUPS, ETHNIC MINORITIES, FEMALE STUDENTS, FREE TEXTBOOKS, FUTURE RESEARCH, GRADE REPETITION, GRADUATION RATES, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, HIGH SCHOOL, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, INNOVATIVE EDUCATION, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION, JOB MARKET, LEARNING, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LITERACY, LITERACY RATES, LITERATURE, LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS, LOCAL SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS, NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, NATIONAL INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, NET ENROLLMENT, NET ENROLLMENT RATE, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMERACY, OPEN SCHOOL, PARENT INVOLVEMENT, PARENTAL CHOICE, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION, PASS RATE, POOR PEOPLE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY ENROLLMENTS, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIMARY STUDENTS, PRIVATE EDUCATION, PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR, PRIVATE ENROLLMENTS, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION, PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY LEARNING, QUALITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICES, QUALITY STANDARDS, READING, REPETITION RATES, RESEARCHERS, RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION, RIGHT TO EDUCATION, RURAL STUDENTS, SCHOLARS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SCHOOL AUTONOMY, SCHOOL BUDGETS, SCHOOL COMMUNITY, SCHOOL COMPLETION, SCHOOL DECISION, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS, SCHOOL ENTRY, SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, SCHOOL FACILITIES, SCHOOL FEES, SCHOOL FINANCE, SCHOOL GOVERNANCE, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, SCHOOL INITIATIVES, SCHOOL INSPECTIONS, SCHOOL LEADERS, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL MODEL, SCHOOL OPERATIONS, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL PROGRAM, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL SPACE, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SCIENCE STUDY, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES, SKILLED WORKERS, SOCIAL COHESION, SOCIAL WELFARE, SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, STATE EDUCATION, STATE SCHOOLS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENTS, STUDENT BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS, STUDENT CHOICE, STUDENT ENROLLMENTS, STUDENT FEES, STUDENT GROUPS, STUDENT INTAKE, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, STUDENT OUTCOMES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENT POPULATION, STUDENT POPULATIONS, STUDENT SCORES, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, TEACHER, TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS, TEACHER QUALIFICATION, TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS, TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEXTBOOKS, TUITION, TUITION FEE, TUITION FEES, TYPES OF EDUCATION, URBAN SLUMS, VULNERABLE GROUPS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/24329721/matters-most-engaging-private-sector-education-framework-paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21756
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Summary:This paper provides an overview of what matters most for engaging the private sector in basic education. In many countries, private schools educate a substantial and growing share of the student population. The goal of this paper is not to advocate for private schooling, but to outline the most effective evidence based policies that governments can use to orient these non-state providers toward promoting learning for all children and youth. Systems approach for better education results (SABER) engaging the private sector (EPS) builds upon the framework for effective service delivery outlined in the World Bank's World Development Report 2004, making services work for the poor, as well as in the World Bank's education sector strategy 2020, learning for all. To assist countries in improving their policy frameworks for private education, SABER EPS analyzes and benchmarks four policy goals that, according to the global evidence, can strengthen provider accountability and promote learning for all. These policy goals are: (1) encouraging innovation by providers; (2) holding schools accountable; (3) empowering all parents, students, and communities; and (4) promoting diversity of supply. Each of these policy goals is benchmarked across four common models of private service delivery: (a) independent private schools, (b) government funded private schools, (c) privately managed schools, and (d) voucher schools. In its country level application of the framework and tools, SABER EPS assesses only the modes of private delivery that already exist in each country.