Influencia de la educación pública en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes de educación básica y media en el Ecuador Un análisis de los resultados alcanzados en el examen SER ESTUDIANTE entre los años 2013 - 2022

Abstract

This study is focused on determining whether studying in a public education center has a differentiated impact on the academic performance of the student with respect to private education centers in Ecuador, therefore, the outcome variable will be student scores in public and private institutions of basic and secondary education in the standardized tests "Ser Estudiante" for the years 2013 - 2022. At the individual level, using as a variable the PSE score, overall and by subject, to calculate the differential between the scores of students in public institutions and private institutions in the country, and at the provincial level to determine the existence of patterns and/or spatial differences regarding the academic performance of students who took the test. The Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM) techniques were used to make the estimates, as well as spatial analysis using the Moran Index. The results show that studying in a public institution has a negative impact on the scores of students who took the "Ser Estudiante" test. In addition, the spatial analysis allowed us to identify spatial patterns and differences at the provincial level in the results that highlight the existence of geographic variations in the academic performance of students, suggesting the influence of spatial factors on educational performance.