School Choice and Educational Inequality in South Korea
- Authors
- Byun, S.-y.; Kim, K.-K.; Park, H.
- Issue Date
- 2012
- Keywords
- educational inequality; High School Equalization Policy; school choice; segregation; South Korea
- Citation
- Journal of School Choice, v.6, no.2, pp.158 - 183
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Journal of School Choice
- Volume
- 6
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 158
- End Page
- 183
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/110676
- DOI
- 10.1080/15582159.2012.673854
- ISSN
- 1558-2159
- Abstract
- Using a nationally representative sample of eleventh grade students in South Korea, we investigated how the residentially based school assignment policy called the High School Equalization Policy (HSEP) shaped the separation of low and high socioeconomic status (SES) students between schools. We found that there was a smaller between-school separation in the HSEP regions than in the non-HSEP regions. We also found that student achievement significantly depended on a school's mean SES only in the non-HSEP regions. We discuss the implications of these findings for the potential impact of school choice policies on educational inequality for Korea and beyond. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
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