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first experimental evidence on this question in the context of a unique policy change in Indonesia that led to a permanent … doubling of base teacher salaries. Using a large-scale randomized experiment across a representative sample of Indonesian …
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first experimental evidence on this question in the context of a unique policy change in Indonesia that led to a permanent … doubling of base teacher salaries. Using a large-scale randomized experiment across a representative sample of Indonesian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456865
Indonesia. First, through detailed inspection of teacher-level responses to test questions, the paper concludes that subject … matter knowledge of primary school teachers in Indonesia is low on average and that a 1.0, but also a 2.0 standard deviation … increase in teachers'subject matter knowledge seem to be achievable medium-term goals for education policy making in Indonesia …
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Using country panel data of student achievement from PISA, 2003-2012 combined with national-level teacher salary data from the OECD; this study investigates if relatively short term -5-years - changes in the level and structure of statutory teacher salaries affect student performance in the...
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Educators and education policy makers are concerned with creating the best possible learning environment for students. How to do this, especially in primary school, where reading, writing and mathematical skills are first acquired, is the subject of policy debates in many parts of the world....
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We evaluate the impact of the Gambian hardship allowance, which provides a salary premium of 30-40% to primary school teachers in remote locations, on student performance. A geographic discontinuity in the policy's implementation provides identifying variation. We find no effects of the hardship...
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We study whether reallocating existing teachers across schools within a district can increase student achievement, and what policies would help achieve these gains. Using a model of multi-dimensional value-added, we find meaningful achievement gains from reallocating teachers within a district....
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We evaluate the impact of the Gambian hardship allowance, which provides a salary premium of 30-40% to primary school teachers in remote locations, on student performance. A geographic discontinuity in the policy's implementation provides identifying variation. We find no effects of the hardship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043698