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Volume 14 Number 24
September 27, 2006
ISSN 1068-2341

Funding for Performance and Equity: Student Success in English Further Education Colleges

Ozan Jaquette
University of Oxford
England

Citation: Jaquette, Ozan. (2006). Funding for Performance and Equity: Student Success in English Further Education Colleges. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 14(24). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v14n24/.

Abstract

The impact of performance funding on community college student outcomes is a contested issue. Performance funding policies in most U.S. states involve too small a proportion of funding to change college behavior. English further education colleges are similar to U.S. community colleges. 1992 policy reforms in England centralized policy control, and implemented a per-pupil funding formula; 10% of all funding is based on student success but other components of the funding formula pay colleges more money for enrolling disadvantaged students. This research uses five years of student level data to test the impact of these policies. Overall student success rates rose by 10% during the five-year period, with the largest gains made by ethnic minorities, adult basic education students, and students from disadvantaged neighborhoods. Although the English system depends on regulatory agencies that do not exist in the U.S., the major assertion of this research is that market-based funding policies˜if properly designed˜can promote equity in educational achievement.
Keywords: accountability; performance funding, performance accountability, student success, community colleges.

Financiamiento por desempeño y por equidad: Éxito de los estudiantes en escuelas de enseñanza superior inglesas.

Resumen

El impacto del financiamiento por desempeño en los resultados académicos de los estudiantes universitarios es una cuestión muy disputada. Las políticas de financiamiento por desempeño en la mayoría de los estados de EE.UU. son muy escasas como para tener un peso sustantivo en la modificación de políticas universitarias. Las escuelas de enseñanza superior inglesa son similares a las universidades comunitarias de EE.UU. En 1992 se aprobaron reformas a las políticas de control centralizado en Inglaterra y se comenzó a implementar una fórmula de financiamiento por estudiante: 10% de todo el gasto se basaba en el éxito del estudiante y otros componente otorgaban mas dinero a las universidades por inscribir estudiantes de grupos desfavorecidos. Esta investigación utiliza cinco años de información sobre los estudiantes para testear el impacto general de estas políticas. El nivel de éxito general de los estudiantes aumento en un 10% durante esos 5 años, con incrementos mayores en los estudiantes provenientes de minorías étnicas, adultos estudiando su escolaridad básica, y estudiantes de barrios desfavorecidos. Aun cuando el sistema inglés depende de agencias de control desconocidas en el caso de EE.UU. la afirmación mas importante de este estudio es que cuando están debidamente diseñadas, las políticas de financiamiento basadas en principios de mercado pueden promover equidad en los logros educacionales.

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