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We examine the role of teachers and students in the formation of grade 12 test scores in public schools in Delhi. There is substantial variation in teacher and student quality within schools. Over the period spanning grades 11 and 12, being taught by a standard deviation better than average...
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Improving school quality in low and middle income countries (LMICs) is a global priority. One way to improve quality … may be to improve the management skills of school leaders. In this systematic review, we analyze the impact of … interventions targeting school leaders' management practices on student learning. We begin by describing the characteristics and …
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Social distancing requirements associated with COVID-19 (coronavirus) have led to school closures. In mid-April, the … increased earnings. What is not known is how much earnings will decline due to the school closures. Starting with the fact that … education closures to estimate the loss in marginal future earnings. The findings show that the school closures reduce future …
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This paper analyzes the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on children's school resilience. Using an individual fixed … school attendance after the lockdown was lifted. The results show that COVID-19 lockdown measures reduced children …'s probability of attending school after the school system reopened. This negative impact increased with children's age, reaching a …
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the implications of school closures of primary to upper-secondary schools for virus transmission, student learning, and … studies indicate that the initial school closures at least to some extent contributed to a reduction of virus transmission …. However, several studies find that schools could reopen safely, especially when substantial within-school preventive measures …
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to estimate learning losses. It models the effect of school closures on achievement by predicting the deviation of the …
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The effect of school closures in the spring of 2020 on the math, science, and reading skills of secondary school … students in Poland is estimated. The COVID-19-induced school closures lasted 26 weeks in Poland, one of Europe's longest …
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education system has fostered the growth of a diverse tutoring market. In general secondary school, tutoring has become a social … expectation that leads teachers and students to shirk in school to devote more attention to tutoring. In basic education, teacher … pressure is a major motivation for public school students to take tutoring. In order to reduce the prevalence of tutoring and …
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The types of workers recruited into teaching and their allocation across classrooms can greatly influence a country's stock of human capital. This paper considers how markets and non-market institutions determine the quantity, wages, skills, and spatial distribution of teachers in developing...
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School closures induced by the COVID-19 pandemic led to concerns about student learning. This paper evaluates the … effect of school closures on student learning in Uzbekistan, using a unique dataset that allows assessing change in learning … despite school closures. The outcomes among students who were assessed in 2019 improved by an average of 0.72 standard …
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