Random Allocation to Schools | A Look at Shanghai's Education System
I’ve recently come across two impressive Chinese articles on education and school choice: How Many Crossroads Does It Take to Go from the First Year of Primary School to a Top University (FDU or SJTU). Link Do Students Perform Better If They Are Admitted to Middle School by Lottery? Link These articles form a quasi-series studying Shanghai’s education ecosystem. The first examines factors influencing university enrollment—specifically at Shanghai’s top two universities, SJTU and FDU....

