In Germany, the poor performance in PISA 2000 stimulated a heated public debate and a strong policy response. The …, informs about important policy reforms following the PISA shock in 2000. It further gives a description of the current … situation and persisting inequalities at secondary schools, with particular attention paid to students with migratory …

that these effects are most pronounced for students exposed to school closings. Furthermore, students initially enrolled in …We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010- 2011 to analyze the impact on student … achievement as measured by test scores. For each student we observe enrollment and test scores one year prior to school …

that these effects are most pronounced for students exposed to school closings. Furthermore, students initially enrolled in …We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010-2011 to analyze the impact on student … achievement as measured by test scores. For each student we observe enrollment and test scores one year prior to school …

The study examined the factors that affect students' academic achievement in Zimbabwe's rural Secondary Schools with … Marimasimbe Secondary School (Gokwe South – Midlands Province) taken as a case study. The research adopted a case study … methodology and the population sample was drawn from teachers, Form 3 and Form 4 students and parents in the native area. The …

school tracks also to align with their own aspirations – resulting in greater misallocation of students. … school track suitable for their child, changing the purpose of the primary teacher's recommendation from mandatory to … rates to the higher school tracks increased substantially, with stronger responses among children from richer districts …

school tracks also to align with their own aspirations – resulting in greater misallocation of students. … school track suitable for their child, changing the purpose of the primary teacher's recommendation from mandatory to … rates to the higher school tracks increased substantially, with stronger responses among children from richer districts …

We design and implement a field experiment that provides students from less advantaged backgrounds with individualized … feedback on academic performance during the transition from middle to high school. The intervention reduces the gap between … Bayesian model, we empirically document the interplay between variance reductions and mean changes of beliefs about students …

This paper studies an information intervention designed and implemented in the context of a school assignment mechanism … in Mexico City. We find that providing students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds with feedback about … graduate on time from high school at a higher rate. We also quantify the effect of a counterfactual and yet feasible …

achievement. We exploit random assignment of students to university sections and find that students perform better in the presence … of more persistent peers and more risk-averse peers. In particular, low-persistence students benefit from highly …-persistent peers without devoting additional efforts to studying. However, highly-persistent students are not affected by the …

achievement. We exploit random assignment of students to university sections and find that students perform better in the presence … of more persistent peers and more risk-averse peers. In particular, low-persistence students benefit from highly …-persistent peers without devoting additional efforts to studying. However, highly-persistent students are not affected by the …