Carnoy, Martin; Khavenson, Tatiana; Costa, Leandro; … - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014
We use a national Brazilian test (SAEB) and an international test (PISA) to measure whether Brazilian students 13-15 years old improved their mathematics and language learning in1995-2012. We control for part of out-of-school influences by comparing test scores for students with similar family...