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School Choice Impacts: What Do We Know?

Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WT; gorard{at}cardiff.ac.uk. His research interests include methodological innovation, building research capacity, indicators of equity, and patterns of lifelong learning.

John Fitz, Professor

Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WT; Fitz{at}cardiff.ac.uk. His research interests include school inspection systems, vocational relevance of education, and the role of markets in public policy.

Chris Taylor, Professor

Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WT; TaylorCM{at}cardiff.ac.uk. His research interests include school choice, spatial analyses, hardships in extended education, and re-skilling

We present here a summary of the findings of what so far is the largest study of school choice in publicly funded schools, and the first analysis of changes over time in the characteristics and performance of students in an entire national school system (that of England and Wales). Our finding, in contradiction to some smaller studies reported previously, is that the socio-economic stratification of school students declined after the introduction of choice policies. We also show that standards in publicly funded schools rose relative to those of private schools over the same period. The extent to which these changes can be attributed to the impact of market forces in education is the subject of our discussion.

Educational Researcher, Vol. 30, No. 7, 18-23 (2001)
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X030007018


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