2017/06/01 by Richard J. Murnane, Marcus Waldman, John Willett +2 · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Education Systems and Policy #School Choice and Performance
paper · pdf · doi:10.3386/w23550
openalex publication_date 2017/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
In an effort to boost student achievement and reduce income-based gaps, the Chilean government passed the Preferential School Subsidy Law (SEP) in 2008, which altered the nation's 27-yearold universal school-voucher system dramatically. Implementation of SEP increased the value of the school voucher by 50 percent for "Priority students", primarily those whose family incomes fell within the bottom 40 percent of the national distribution. To be eligible to accept the highervalued vouchers from these students, schools were required to waive fees for Priority students and to participate in an accountability system.