Can school league tables help parents choose schools ?
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Information on schools’ performance is central to the school choice process in England. This paper evaluates school performance tables against criteria of functionality, relevance, and comprehensibility. We estimate a model to judge functionality by setting up the following question: “In which feasible school will my child achieve the highest exam score?” We show that neither of the current leading performance measures score very well. We propose an alternative measure that performs better on these criteria and demonstrate how the measure could be best delivered to parents. We also describe the trade-off between the criteria of functionality and relevance.
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