Chubb and Moe

• date of study- 1990
• argued that the education system failed as it has not created equal opportunities and is tailored to meet the needs of disadvantaged groups.

  it is inefficient bc it fails to produce students with skills needed in the economy.

  private schools deliver higher quality education because they are answering to paying costumers.
• Chubb and Moe call for the introduction of a voucher system
• voucher system


  they propose a system where each family would be given a voucher to spend on buying education from a school of their choice. this forces schools to become more responsive to parents wishes like how private school have to compete to attract costumers
• the voucher system creates


  parentocracy which creates competition which leads to increasing standards of education
• the introduction of a voucher system makes schools more responsive to parents creating a parentocracy, which created competition leading to standards increasing
• through parentocracy parents have choice and power through different types of schools, which creates competition between schools
• to improve standards

  standardised curriculum and testing, formula funding, target setting, increased competition
• standardised curriculum


  to compare results, children are taught the same thing , the quality of teaching began to increase
• formula funding


  the more students = more pay
• target settings


  for schools to know how well they are preforming
• increased competition


  league tables on results - provides quantitative data, OFSTEAD -inspection provides qualitative data
• evaluation of Chubb and Moe


  ignores the effects of material and cultural deprivation on working class students academic performance - can create alienation, leads to the creation of anti-school subcultures. the focus is on high preforming students
• in the new system Chubb and Moe proposed the state imposes the framework on schools (national curriculum)