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How does education improve cognitive skills? : instructional time versus timing of instruction
Dahmann, Sarah - 2015
This paper investigates two mechanisms through which education may affect cognitive skills in adolescence: the role of …. Overall, secondary education therefore seems to impact students'cognitive skills in adolescence especially through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287017
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The effects of shared school technology access on students digital skills in Peru
Bet, Germán; Cristia, Julian; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246126
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The effects of shared school technology access on students digital skills in Peru
Bet, German; Cristia, Julián P.; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246684
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Does the precision and stability of value-added estimates of teacher performance depend on the types of students they serve?
Stacy, Brian; Guarino, Cassandra; Reckase, Mark D.; … - 2013
This paper investigates how the precision and stability of a teacher's value-added estimate relates to the characteristics of the teacher's students. Using a large administrative data set and a variety of teacher value-added estimators, it finds that the stability over time of teacher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201321
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School resources, peer inputs, and student outcomes in adult education
Tilley, J. Lucas - 2023
the academic achievement of adult education students. I analyze the spillover effects of a Swedish policy that temporarily … doubled enrollment in adult education, thus putting considerable strain on school inputs. Since the policy targeted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250928
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Does an education major matter for teaching? : the relationship between teachers' degree and student achievement
Drouet, Marcelo; Elacqua, Gregory; Marotta, Luana; … - 2022
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 …-significant relationship between degree type and student achievement, suggesting that teachers with and without an education degree are equally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014493849
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The causal effects of an intensified curriculum on cognitive skills : evidence from a natural experiment
Andrietti, Vincenzo - 2016
This paper exploits a unique universal educational policy - implemented in most German states between 2001 and 2008 - that compressed the academic-track high school curriculum into a (one year) shorter time span, thereby increasing time of instruction and share of curriculum taught per grade....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473274
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Does the teacher beat the test? : the additional value of teacher assessment in predicting student ability
Feron, Eva; Schils, Trudie; Weel, Bas ter - 2015
track allocation, track switching in the first three years of secondary education and subsequent test scores. We apply micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469683
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The effect of early childhood language training programs on the contemporary formation of grammar skills : conference paper
Kamhöfer, Daniel A. - 2014 - Preliminary
While there is a big literature on the benefits of pre-school education, only little is known why kindergarten …-school programs. In order to shed light into the black box of kindergarten education, I am using the German National Educational Panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483845
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Evaluation of the Reggio Approach to Early Education
Biroli, Pietro - 2017
We evaluate the Reggio Approach using non-experimental data on individuals from the cities of Reggio Emilia, Parma and Padova belonging to one of five age cohorts: ages 50, 40, 30, 18, and 6 as of 2012. The treated were exposed to municipally offered infant-toddler (ages 0–3) and preschool...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957015