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Improving reading skills by encouraging children to read : a randomized evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
Abeberese, Ama Baafra; Kumler, Todd J.; Linden, Leigh L. - 2011
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly increases the propensity of children to read, causing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310190
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School entry, compulsory schooling, and human capital accumulation : evidence from Michigan
Hemelt, Steven W.; Rosen, Rachel B. - 2016
the evolution of postsecondary impacts of the interaction of school entry and compulsory schooling laws in Michigan. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457926
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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016
This paper studies a model where student effort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521209
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Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read : A Randomized Evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
Abeberese, Ama Baafra - 2011
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly increases the propensity of children to read, causing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122967
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State of Elementary Education in Public Schools of Gujarat : A Study of Schools Run by the Bharuch Municipality
Raj, Madhusudan - 2008
schools run by Bharuch municipality. The evidence show that the situation of elementary education is unsatisfactory and in bad … shape. The number of schools has declined rapidly, the learning levels of students are miserable, community participation is … looks very grim. Municipality schools are loosing ground in Bharuch city …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725683
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Motivation, Resources and the Organization of the School System
Albornoz, Facundo - 2017
This paper studies a model where student effort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958085
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School Entry, Compulsory Schooling, and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from Michigan
Hemelt, Steven W. - 2016
the evolution of postsecondary impacts of the interaction of school entry and compulsory schooling laws in Michigan. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993933
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Parental and school responses to student performance : evidence from school entry rules
Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn; Tilley, J. Lucas - 2024
parents and schools respond as information about achievement is revealed. Moreover, our evidence suggests that parental and … exploits school-starting-age rules in 34 countries, capturing achievement variation that arises because younger children … schools allocate weaker students to smaller classes and offer more remedial tutoring. Notably, parents provide more support to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014507883
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School curricula, educational trajectories, and labor market outcomes
Arold, Benjamin W. - 2022
reform of education standards in math and English has negative spillovers on student achievement in science. Finally, Chapter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342692
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Public and parental investments, and children's skill formation
Gensowski, Miriam; Landersø, Rasmus; Dale, Philip; … - 2024
This paper studies the interaction between parental and public inputs in children's skill formation. We perform a longer-run follow-up study of a randomized controlled trial that increased preschool quality and initially improved skills significantly for children of all backgrounds. There is,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015063155