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School performance in Australia: is there a role for quasi-markets?

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2004
<mark>Journal</mark>The Australian Economic Review
Issue number3
Volume37
Number of pages16
Pages (from-to)271-286
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Recent changes to the organisation of Australia's education system have raised the possibility of implementing wide-ranging market reforms. In this article we discuss the scope for introducing reforms similar to the United Kingdom's 'quasi-market' model. We discuss the role of school league tables in providing signals and incentives in a quasi-market. Specifically, we compare a range of unadjusted and model-based league tables of primary school performance in Queensland's public education system. These comparisons indicate that model-based tables which account for socio-economic status and student intake quality vary significantly from the unadjusted tables.