Tailoring instruction to each student's needs can produce significant learning gains. However, few programs have successfully implemented this approach. In this paper, we present the results of a randomized evaluation of a program that uses an inquiry with an individualized scaffolding approach...

Tailoring instruction to each student’s needs can produce significant learning gains. However, few programs have successfully implemented this approach. In this paper, we present the results of a randomized evaluation of a program that uses an inquiry with an individualized scaffolding...

Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin Americans. Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll that incorporates...

Chile presenta una de las brechas de aprendizaje más amplias entre estudiantes de altos y bajos ingresos. Enseña Chile, la primera adaptación en América Latina del exitoso modelo Teach for America, tiene por objeto eliminar la desigualdad educativa al reclutar a jóvenes profesionales...

Chilean students perform poorly in international learning assessments, and the achievement gap between income groups is large. To remedy this situation, the Inter-American Development Bank is supporting a program, Enseña Chile, that recruits top university graduates and places them for two...

Mexican students score low in international learning assessments, particularly in math. To help remedy this situation, the Inter-American Development Bank is supporting a pilot study to identify to what extent performance based incentives for students, teachers and principals in upper-secondary...

¿De qué manera las escuelas pueden promover habilidades socioemocionales relevantes? El BID, con el apoyo de distinguidas instituciones académicas locales, se asoció con Enseña Chile, organización que recluta a jóvenes profesionales sobresalientes y altamente motivados para que enseñen...

This paper presents information about a theoretical model that provides different interpretations for the correlation between family wealth and tertiary education enrollment; the empirical model; a description of data sources and the main variables used in the analysis.

This paper presents information about a theoretical model that provides different interpretations for the correlation between family wealth and tertiary education enrollment; the empirical model; a description of data sources and the main variables used in the analysis.