How Are Secondary Vocational Schools in China Measuring up to Government Benchmarks?

Drawing on a survey of 106 secondary vocational schools and 7309 students in two provinces of China,this descriptive paper assesses whether vocational schooling is measuring up to government benchmarks for quality and whether poor students are able to access quality schools.We find that secondary vocational schoob have met government benchmarks for teacher qualification and training,student opportunities for practical training and adequate facilities.Furthermore,poor students access schoob of similar qualit0398-12