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Quality and Equity: Challenges and Policy Options. presented by: Plamen Danchev Education Economist World Bank Achievement and Challenges of the Bulgaria School Autonomy Reforms Sofia, September 13, 2010. Quality and Equity.
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Quality and Equity:Challenges and Policy Options presented by: Plamen Danchev Education Economist World Bank Achievement and Challenges of the Bulgaria School Autonomy Reforms Sofia, September 13, 2010
Quality and Equity Reform objective as stated in the National Program for Development of School Education and Pre-school training and education 2006-2015: ENSURING QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL
Разпределение на резултатите по математика от PISA: 2000 до 2006 г.
Conclusions from PISA 2006 Results • Extremely high between-school variation of test scores • Lower performance of small schools • Lower performance of students with lower socio-economic status, including students from linguistic minorities • Linguistic minority students performed better in small schools than in bigger schools. • Up to 2006 there is no correlational evidence that school-based management improves learning outcomes
WHY? • WHY DO WE USE DATA FROM 2006 ? • WHY DO WE USE DATA FROM PISA AND TIMMS? • WHY NOT NATIONAL EXTERNAL ASSESSMENTS DATA? • WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR THESE RESULTS?
Recommendations • Set specific targets for future rounds of international assessments • Make the external student assessment system more stable and sustainable • Improve quality of test items • Increase student coverage of external student assessment tests • Improve procedures, integrity and credibility of test taking • Collect more data for students • Analyze results and disseminate to all stakeholders – parents, schools, Inspectorates, MEYS
HIGHER QALITY: HOW? • Strengthening autonomy and accountability frameworks • National programs providing incentives for higher performance and support to low-performing schools • Scholarships, cash awards, rewarding teachers • Comprehensive schooling to age 16 • Focus on linguistic minorities and small schools • Expand ECD programs
EQUITY: OUTSTANDING CHALLENGES • School network optimization process led to increased dropout rates • Inadequate coordination at local level and control at central level over the implementation of measures supporting focal schools
EQUITY: OUTSTANDING CHALLENGES(continued) • Inadequate control and supervision of the correct implementation of school attendance conditionality attached to social assistance benefits • Poor performance at school of linguistic minority students
IMPROVING EQUITY: HOW? • Effective representation of parents with low socio economic status, incl. linguistic minority groups in future councils of school boards • Better coordination and control of focal schools programs • Improved control over conditional cash transfers • Increased efforts for socialization of linguistic minority students, especially in big cities
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Plamen Danchev Education Economist, World Bank, Sofia pdanchev@worldbank.org