The outcomes of the cohort of first year pupils of primary school of Montevideo in 1999 reveal effectiveness, efficiency and equity problems of the system. The pupils do not complete primary cycle on schedule, the worst results are obtained by those who attend to schools of unfavorable...

This paper aims at explaining the academic performance of a sample of children starting their first year at public schools in Montevideo, Uruguay, during 1999. We are mainly in- terested in the effect of preschool education on the children’s academic results. Previous probit and OLS...

An analysis of schoolchildren’s outcomes for the cohort that did their first year in public schools in Montevideo in 1999 shows that one of the main problems is that a low proportion of children completed the six-year primary school cycle on schedule because so many had a high repetition rate....