in childhood on primary school enrollment status, using pseudo-panel data for children ages six to nine years in … difference of 8 to 10 percentage points -- for children ages six to seven. It is also strong in rural areas. The results are …

countries where panel data to follow children over time exists, there are few substantive changes in scores once children enter …

This paper studies the relative academic performance of students tracked or randomly assigned to South African … university dormitories. Tracked or streamed assignment creates dormitories where all students obtained similar scores on high … of students. Tracking lowers students' mean grades in their first year of university and increases the variance or …

This paper evaluates and compares two randomized interventions in Tonga, one targeting the home environment of children … up to age 5 and one targeting the school environment for first and second grade students. The first intervention supports … communities to set up and run playgroups that aim to improve caregiver-child interaction at home and ultimately improve children …