mathematics among early primary school children in Norway, a low testing environment. We examine two forms of testing, complex but …How much young children should be tested and graded is a highly contentious issue in education policy. Opponents … redeeming impact on educational performance. Others see early testing of children as a necessary instrument for identifying …

Can lowering school starting age promote equality of opportunities and reduce the achievement gaps between pupils? We … provide evidence on the heterogeneous (positional) effects on early school performance of two mandatory schooling reforms in … reform reduced the school starting age from seven to six, the second changed the first-year curriculum from a play …

This paper studies the interaction between parental and public inputs in children's skill formation. We perform a … significantly for children of all backgrounds. There is, however, complete fade-out for children with highly educated parents. Given … positive longrun effects for children with low-educated parents, the treatment reduces child skill gaps across parents …

Is it possible to compress instruction time into fewer school years without lowering education levels? A fundamental … remaining school years to provide students with a very similar core curriculum and the same overall instruction time. Using …

Is it possible to compress instruction time into fewer school years without lowering education levels? A fundamental … remaining school years to provide the same overall instruction time and curriculum. Using aggregated administrative data on the …

carries a specific threat to children and youth. Long-term consequences threaten life outcomes such as educational achievement …, career development, mental and physical health. The study examined the problems of children from migrating families in … educational institutions. It was also important to determine what assistance is provided to children from migrant families and …

lunches to reduce anemia among school children. After four years of treatment, treated children, on average, have higher … experimental evidence on child health and human capital outcomes from the longer-term follow-up of a school-based nutrition … intervention in India. Using panel data, we examine the effectiveness of the use of iron and iodine fortified salt in school …

raise their children. These findings together suggest that school closures have no lasting negative effects on marital … quality but do have lasting negative impacts on children through lifestyle changes prompted by school closures … schools on March 2, 2020, but preschools were exempted from this nationwide school closure. Taking advantage of this natural …