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International Comparative Education
Eduardo Duarte
Do Brazilian Students Perform Better in Private Schools?: A Comparative Analysis of Student Achievement in Public and Private Schools by Race and Socioeconomic Status from 2003 to 2017
IEPA MA
2022-2023
Abstract
This study aims to estimate performance inequalities between public and private school students; as well as White and Black students attending both types of networks, controlling for socioeconomic status, race, gender and other individual characteristics. Using math scores from SAEB between 2003 and 2017, I estimate that the performance gap between private and public school students became narrowed and eventually became statistically not significant in 2017. Further, while the White-Black performance gap also became statistically non-significant by 2017 for private school students, it barealy changed at all for public school students between 2003 and 2017.
