Abstract
Using statistical methods to adjust for a bias in selectivity, Jimenez, Lockheed, Luna, and Paqueo analyzed the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public schools and two types of private schools — elite and nonelite — in the Dominican Republic. Controlling for selection, they found that students in eighth grade mathematics achieve more in both types of private school than they do in public schools — and achieve more in elite than in nonelite schools. Differences in teachers' backgrounds and teaching practices account for some of this difference in achievement — but differences in the students' peer background characteristics are substantially more important. Both types of private school appear to be more cost-effective than public schools.
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