Vaughn Michael G, Witko Christopher
School of Social Work and Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, USA.
Soc Sci J. 2013 Mar;50(1):23-33. doi: 10.1016/j.soscij.2012.07.004.
School choice may increase student engagement by enabling students to attend schools that more closely match their needs and preferences. But this effect on engagement may depend on the characteristics of the choices available. Therefore, we consider how the amount of educational choice of different types in a local educational marketplace affects student engagement using a large, national population of 8th grade students. We find that more choice of regular public schools in the elementary and middle school years is associated with a lower likelihood that students will be severely disengaged in eighth grade, and more choices of public schools of choice has a similar effect but only in urban areas. In contrast, more private sector choice does not have such a general beneficial effect.
择校可以让学生进入更符合他们需求和偏好的学校，从而提高学生的参与度。但这种对参与度的影响可能取决于可供选择的学校的特点。因此，我们利用大量全国范围的八年级学生群体，来研究当地教育市场中不同类型教育选择的数量如何影响学生的参与度。我们发现，小学和初中阶段有更多的常规公立学校可供选择，与学生在八年级时严重脱离学习的可能性较低相关，而更多的特色公立学校选择也有类似效果，但仅在城市地区如此。相比之下，更多的私立学校选择并没有这样普遍的有益影响。
