Educators and education policy makers are concerned with creating the best possible learning environment for students … subject of policy debates in many parts of the world. Should teachers be paid more? Can students be rewarded for good test …

Assessment (PISA) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) international standardized student …

education policy literature. This study seeks to identify the good policies and practices that lead students in some municipal …

indicate that students whose families received the cash transfers were more likely to graduate high school, an educational …. Students whose families received the cash transfers didn't show improvements in test scores when compared with students whose … families didn't receive the money. It may be that teachers need better training to address the needs of low-income students, or …

their peers' ability to perform at the next level. Alternatively, promoting students into grades for which they are not … of Pakistan, students are promoted primarily on the basis of merit. An econometric decomposition of promotion decisions …

"A substantial gap in test scores exists between indigenous and non-indigenous students in Latin America. Using test … score data for 3rd and 4th year primary school pupils in Guatemala and Peru, and 5th grade pupils in Mexico, the authors …