The Impact of Reduction in Disciplinary Off-campus Tutoring Institutions on Students'Time in School:An Evaluation Study Based on the"Double Reduction"Policy
The rectification of off-campus tutoring institutions is one of the important aspects of the"Double Reduction"reform.This article empirically examines the impact of the reduction in disciplinary off-campus tutoring institutions on students'time spent in school.Using data from the shop information of disciplinary tutoring institu-tions on Dianping.com,combined with geographic coding and search POI application interface from Gaode Map,as well as a nationwide survey on the usage of information technology in primary and secondary education,the study empirically tests the effects.The research findings are as follows.(1)During the"Double Reduction"period,the na-tionwide reduction rate of disciplinary off-campus tutoring institutions was approximately 88%.(2)The higher the reduction level of disciplinary off-campus tutoring institutions around schools,the more time students spend in school daily,indicating a certain degree of substitution between in-school and off-campus education.This substitu-tion effect is more pronounced among disadvantaged groups.While this phenomenon is not significant in the first-tier cities of Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou,and Shenzhen,it can be observed in many other second and third-tier cit-ies.(3)The higher the reduction level of disciplinary off-campus tutoring institutions around schools,the higher the probability of students completing homework in school,while the probability of completing homework in off-cam-pus tutoring institutions is lower.However,the reduction of tutoring institutions does not affect the total time stu-dents spend on homework.
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