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universal random assignment of students to high schools in certain areas of South Korea to provide estimates of school effects … estimates, while causal, may also reflect peer effects due to differences in peer quality of non-randomized students. We exploit … that may better reflect the effects of school practices. We find significant effects of schools on scores in high …
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It is unclear whether teachers with a degree in education are more effective than those who are not trained in an education-related field. To further examine this issue, we analyze the relationship between teachers' college major and student achievement by using unique data from Ecuador, which,...
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improved the students' mathematical and ethnomathematical skills. The magnitude of the impact on mathematics, of 0 … JADENKÄ has a beneficial effect on the cultural identity of students. Second, results suggest that the effect of the program … in ethnomathematics is stronger among Ngäbere-speaking students and for students whose teachers identify as Ngäbe …
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with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for … example, that an improvement in parental outside options will reduce parental and school effort, which are partially … compensated through school resources. In this way, by incorporating the behavioral responses of parents, teachers and policymakers …
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. Pupils who returned to school saw their learning time rise substantially, even conditional on observable and unobservable …-off students also increased their learning time by more when they returned to school, our results suggest that substantial targeted …In England, school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic represented a sudden but relatively long-lasting shock to …
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18-month intervention raised average math GPA by 0.09 of a standard deviation and increased the share of students … satisfying attendance requirements for grade promotion by 4.5 percentage points. Treatment effects were larger for students at … higher risk of later grade retention and dropout. Leveraging existing school inputs for a light-touch, cost-effective, and …
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specifically good match with their children. I investigate the effect of attending a preferred school on student achievement in … assignment which awards school offer based on admission priority, residential distance, and parental preference. I compare … students around year-specific catchment boundaries that cannot be exactly anticipated by parents. I find that attending the …
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school-based financial education programs for youth. The intervention improves students’ and teachers’ financial knowledge by … sizable positive impacts on self-control and consumption habits among students are identified. Teachers in the treatment group …
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that small increases in shared computer access, one more computer per 40 students, can produce large increases in digital …
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