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Stratified or Comprehensive? Some Economic Considerations on the design of secondary education

Brunello, Giorgio - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 4, pp. 7-10

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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...

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Academic achievement and tracking : a theory based on grading standards

Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - 2016

We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...

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Unlucky to be young? : the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health

Bahrs, Michael; Schumann, Mathias - 2016

In this study, we analyse the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health in adulthood. School entry rules combined with birth month are used as an instrument for school starting age. The analysis adopts the German Socio-Economic Panel data and employs a fuzzy...

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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system

Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016

also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …

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Theory-based evaluation of the curriculum Lgr 11a

Wahlström, Ninni; Sundberg, Daniel - 2015

This report presents and describes an evaluation project of the most recent Swedish curriculum reform, Curriculum for the compulsory school, preschool class and the recreation centre, Lgr 11. The purpose of the evaluation project is to generate new knowledge concerning the influences of...

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School integration of refugee children: evidence from the largest refugee group in any country

Kirdar, Murat G.; Koç, İsmet; Dayıoğlu, Meltem - 2021

Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is wellstudied in the literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many of whom live in low- or middle-income countries. This...

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School integration of refugee children: evidence from the largest refugee group in any country

Kirdar, Murat G.; Koç, İsmet; Dayıoğlu, Meltem - 2021

Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is well-studied in the literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many of whom live in low- or middle-income countries. This...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012620009

Elementary education in India versus China : guidelines for NEP implementation

Kumar, Naveen; Varghese, Vinitha - 2022

This paper documents the state of elementary education in India and China since the 1960s, key lessons for India from …'s New Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020). The divergent policy focus has led to differential trajectories for elementary … education in the two emerging economies, with China being decades ahead in improving literacy rates. China's adoption of the New …

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Vouchers, school choice and the access to higher education

Contreras Guajardo, Dante - 2002

at community level) implies substantially larger impacts of the voucher system. The effect of parents' education on …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611938

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