Editing School choice (section)

==International overview ==

=== Belgium ===

{{main|Education in Belgium}}

The Flemish community of Belgium has a high-performing education system as measured by [[Programme for International Student Assessment|PISA scores]]. Most private schools are subject to government targets and inspections. Schools are not allowed to select students via admissions tests, performance, religious background, or gender. The Flemish education system allows choice between teaching styles and competition, while suffering from relatively high socio-economic segregation.<ref>{{cite tech report | url=https://www.oecd.org/education/School-choice-and-school-vouchers-an-OECD-perspective.pdf |title=School choice and school vouchers: An OECD perspective | publisher=[[OECD]] | date=2017 | access-date=May 9, 2021 | page=17 }}</ref>

=== Sweden ===

{{Main|Education in Sweden}}
Sweden's system of school choice is one of the world's freest, providing public funds for student choice of publicly or privately run school, including religious and for-profit schools.<ref name="The Economist">{{cite news |date=2007-05-03 |title=Free to choose, and learn |newspaper=The Economist |url=http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9119786 |access-date=2010-11-29}}</ref> Fifteen years after the 1993 reform, private school enrollment had increased from 1% to 10% of the student population.<ref name="The Economist"/>

=== Chile ===

{{Main|Education in Chile}}
In Chile, researchers reported that when controlling  for student background (parental income and education), the difference in performance between public and private sectors is not significant.<ref>{{cite journal|last=McEwan|first=Patrick J.|author2=Martin Carnoy |date=Fall 2000|title=The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Private Schools in Chile's Voucher System|journal=Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis|volume=22|issue=3|pages=213–239|doi=10.3102/01623737022003213|s2cid=146263922}}</ref> Variation within each sector is greater than that between the two systems.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mizala|first=Alejandra |author2=Pilar Romaguera |title=Determinación de Factores Explicativos de los Resultados Escolares en Educación Media en Chile|publisher=Centre for Applied Economics, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Chile|date=August 2000|series=Economy Series No. 85}}</ref>