- VOLUME
- Vol. 14 | (2)
- ABSTRACT FILE
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1515742537009.pdf
- TITLE
- Examining a causal effect of Gyeonggi innovation schools in Korea
- KEYWORDS
- Gyeonggi innovation schools, selection bias, causal effects, propensity scores, matching
This study evaluated the policy impact of the Gyeonggi innovation school movement. Of primary concern was whether or not the effect of the school reform observed from the survey data might be due to selection bias, that is, if the policy effect would be confounded with other covariates. Thus based on the analytical framework of the Rubin causal model, this study estimated causal effects of Gyeonggi innovation schools. From the results of multilevel analysis with matched high schools and weighting individual observations of Gyeonggi Education Panel Study 2012 (GEPS 2012) by propensity scores, this study did not find positive evidence of Gyeonggi innovation schools on academic achievement. However students’ school satisfaction was much higher in innovation schools than their counterparts.