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Decentralisation and School Autonomy Impact on the Quality of Education : The Case of Two MENA Countries
Escardibul Ferrá, Josep Oriol - 2015
An effective institutional structure is a crucial tool for having a highly functioning education system and consequently, economic growth and development. We analyse the effects of decentralisation and school autonomy on the quality of education in two MENA countries (Jordan and Tunisia), by...
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The Impact of Ohio's EdChoice on Traditional Public School Performance
Carr, Matthew - 2013
In this article, I evaluate the effects of the EdChoice voucher program on the academic performance of traditional public schools. Specifically, I investigate how exposure to the threat of losing students to the voucher program affected standardized test performance in traditional public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158850
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On Educational Performance Measures
Muriel, Alastair - 2011
Quantitative school performance measures (QPMs) are playing an ever larger role in education systems on both sides of the Atlantic. In this paper we outline the rationale for the use of such measures in education, review the literature relating to several important problems associated with their...
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Does grade configuration matter for school performance? : short- and long-run effects of school reorganisation
Holmlund, Helena; Böhlmark, Anders - 2017
This paper studies the effects of school organisation on short- and long-run pupil outcomes, exploiting a policy change that reorganised Swedish middle school education. The reorganisation induced pupils to remain in small local schools throughout grades 1-9, as opposed to making a transition to...
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On educational performance measures
Muriel, Alastair; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2011
Quantitative school performance measures (QPMs) are playing an ever larger role in education systems on both sides of the Atlantic. In this paper we outline the rationale for the use of such measures in education, review the literature relating to several important problems associated with their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312119
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Long-lasting effects of communist indoctrination in school : evidence from Poland
Costa-Font, Joan; García-Hombrados, Jorge; Nicińska, Anna - 2020
Education can serve skill formation and socialisation goals both of which are conducive to desirable economic outcomes. However, the political manipulation of the school curricula can give rise to indoctrination effects with counterproductive welfare consequences on its pupils. This paper...
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Long-lasting effects of communist indoctrination in school: evidence from Poland
Costa-Font, Joan; García-Hombrados, Jorge; Nicińska, Anna - 2020
Education can serve skill formation and socialisation goals both of which are conducive to desirable economic outcomes. However, the political manipulation of the school curricula can give rise to indoctrination effects with counterproductive welfare consequences on its pupils. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388995
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What the Annual National Assessments Can Tell Us About Learning Deficits Over the Education System and the School Career Year
van der Berg, Servaas - 2015
Much hope is placed on education systems to reduce socio-economic learning gaps. However, in South Africa, uneven functioning of the school system widens learning gaps. This paper analyses education performance using ANA data. Weak calibration and inter-temporal or inter-grade comparability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011549
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Evaluating the Impact of School Decentralization on Education Quality
Galiani, Sebastian; Schargrodsky, Ernesto - 2002
The decentralization of education services from the federal government to the provincial governments was an important … not conclusive about the absolute superiority of either centralization or decentralization in the provision of public … services. In this paper, we evaluate empirically the effect of the decentralization of secondary schools on education quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014121018
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An assessment of the impact of decentralization on the quality of education in Chile
Di Gropello, Emanuela - In: World Bank economists' forum volume 2, (pp. 117-154). 2002
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