How are Secondary Vocational Schools in China Measuring Up to Government Benchmarks?
How are Secondary Vocational Schools in China Measuring Up to Government Benchmarks?
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10.1111/j.1749-124x.2013.12024.x
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2013-05
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Linxiu Zhang;Hongmei Yi;James Chu;Chengfang Liu;P. Loyalka;M. Maani;Jianguo Wei
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Linxiu Zhang;Hongmei Yi;James Chu;Chengfang Liu;P. Loyalka;M. Maani;Jianguo Wei
通过对中国两个省106所中等职业学校和7309名学生的调查，本文评估了职业教育是否符合政府的质量基准，以及贫困学生是否能够进入优质学校。我们发现，中等职业学校在教师资格和培训、学生接受实践培训的机会和充足的设施方面达到了政府的标准。此外，尽管34%的贫困学生没有获得经济援助，但贫困学生进入的学校质量与非贫困学生相当。我们得出的结论是，最近的政策成功地确保了中等职业学校的质量以及贫困和非贫困学生获得学校质量的公平。然而，经济援助政策应该重新审视，这样贫困学生就能得到足够的资助。此外，鉴于基于投入的措施只能代表学校质量，政府应该考虑让学校对学生学习等结果负责。
Drawing on a survey of 106 secondary vocational schools and 7309 students in two provinces of China, this descriptive paper assesses whether vocational schooling is measuring up to government benchmarks for quality and whether poor students are able to access quality schools. We find that secondary vocational schools have met government benchmarks for teacher qualification and training, student opportunities for practical training and adequate facilities. Furthermore, poor students access schools of similar quality to non-poor students, even though 34 percent of poor students do not receive financial aid. We conclude that recent policies are successfully ensuring secondary vocational school quality and equity of access to school quality between poor and non-poor students. However, financial aid policies should be re-examined, such that poor students receive sufficient coverage. Moreover, given that input-based measures only proxy school quality, the government should consider holding schools accountable for outcomes such as student learning.