Parents' Perceptions of School Quality Before and After Private and Public School Enrollment: A Comparison

• In Event: 41.083 - Roundtable Session 15
  In Roundtable Session: 41.083-5 - International Examinations of School Choice Policies

Abstract

This paper analyses school choice motives of private and public school parents in Germany. In the context of the international debate on school sponsorship and school quality, the focus will be on the parental perception of school quality as one decisive criteria influencing school choice processes.
Therefore, quantitative data of first-formers’ parents being collected before and after the childs’ school enrolment will be analysed in order to work out if private and public school parents differ concerning their perceptions of school quality and how this may influence segregation processes.

Authors

• Judith Schwarz, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster

• Corinna Habeck, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster

• Sabine Gruehn, University of Munster

• Tanja Mayer, Humboldt University - Berlin

• Thomas Koinzer, Humboldt University - Berlin