A spatial analysis on the effectiveness of Multi-Stars Project in Taiwan

Abstract

This study focuses on the analysis and discussion in the effect of equality of educational opportunity through the “Multi-Stars Project”. Multi-Stars Project is one kind of approaches for high school graduates to apply for universities in Taiwan. In this project, the government aims at not only achieving the equality of education in different schools, but also minimizing the Urban-rural Divide. Thus, the spatial regression analysis, based on the 340 schools’ admission lists of Multi-Stars Project during 1997-2010, is used to figure out the effectiveness in the entrance of universities in Taiwan. In the research, it reveals that the probability of university admission through Multi-Stars Project is affected by admission quota. As the admission increase every year, the annual admission rate also raise. According to the spatial distribution, the senior high schools that have good performance on the rate of admission to universities are all around, meaning that there is no gap between urban and rural education. In addition, the index of Moran’s I shows there is the spatial autocorrelation of the probability to enter universities through Multi-Stars Project, which also reveals that the probability to enter universities through Multi-Stars Project in schools in Taipei City is lower than that in schools in other cities, indicating negative spatial autocorrelation. Finally, by the spatial regression analysis, it finds that between the features of senior high schools and the high school regions, the former has more influence on the rate of admission to universities. The result implies that the Multi-Stars Project still need to be adjusted and improved to get the goal of equality of educational opportunity in Taiwan.