公平与效率往往是基础教育决策时的两难选择,人们一般选择“效率优先、兼顾公平”作为基础教育决策的优先选择。但我国的社会现实、基础教育本身的特点以及有关教育经济学的研究,都要求基础教育决策应当公平优先,特别是起点公平应成为基础教育决策的首要价值选择。 Fairness and efficiency are often the dilemma of decision-making in basic education. People generally choose “giving priority to efficiency and giving consideration to fairness” as the priority of basic education decision-making. However, the social reality in our country, the characteristics of basic education itself and the research on educational economics all require that the decision-making on basic education should be given fair priority. In particular, the starting point for fairness should be the primary value choice for decision-making in basic education.