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Improving Student Performance in Public Primary Schools in Developing Countries: Evidence from Indonesia
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In this article, the authors investigated the correlates of student performance in mathematics and dictation tests among schoolchildren in Indonesia and found that teacher absenteeism is indeed a significantly negative correlate for student performance.Abstract:
This paper investigates the correlates of student performance in mathematics and dictation tests among schoolchildren in Indonesia. This is the first such study to use a new nationally representative sample of Indonesian primary‐school students. Our dataset includes unique data on teacher absenteeism collected through direct observation, the first ever in Indonesia. We find that teacher absenteeism is indeed a significantly negative correlate of student performance, while quality of school facilities predicts better performance. We also find a significant non‐monotonic concave relationship between the pupil–teacher ratio and student’s mathematics performance. Finally, we discuss the policy implications of the results.read more
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Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries
TL;DR: Surveys in which enumerators make unannounced visits to primary schools and health clinics in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru and Uganda and recorded whether they found teachers and health workers in the facilities are reported.
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School Resources and Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature from 1990 to 2010
Paul Glewwe,Eric A. Hanushek,Eric A. Hanushek,Eric A. Hanushek,Sarah D. Humpage,Renato Ravina +5 more
TL;DR: This paper examines studies published between 1990 and 2010, in both the education literature and the economics literature, to investigate which specific school and teacher characteristics appear to have strong positive impacts on learning and time in school.
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School Resources and Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature from 1990 to 2010. NBER Working Paper No. 17554.
TL;DR: This article examined studies published between 1990 and 2010, in both the education literature and the economics literature, to investigate which specific school and teacher characteristics, if any, appear to have strong positive impacts on learning and time in school.
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The growing phenomenon of private tutoring : does it deepen human capital, widen inequalities, or waste resources?
Hai-Anh H. Dang,F. Halsey Rogers +1 more
TL;DR: A survey of the literature examines the extent of private tutoring, identifies the factors that explain its growth, and analyzes its cost-effectiveness in improving student academic performance as mentioned in this paper.
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Shadow Education: Private Supplementary Tutoring and Its Implications for Policy Makers in Asia
Mark Bray,Chad Lykins +1 more
TL;DR: The book can be downloaded for free on the website of Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong as mentioned in this paper, Hong Kong. https://cerc.hku.edu.hk/books-category/cerc-monograph-series/
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Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: A Review of State Policy Evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the ways in which teacher qualifications and other school inputs are related to student achievement across states using data from a 50-state survey of policies, state case study analyses, the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS), and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and found that measures of teacher preparation and certification are by far the strongest correlates of student achievement in reading and mathematics.
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Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables: Assessing the Effectiveness of Catholic Schools
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed estimation methods that use the amount of selection on the observables in a model as a guide to the amount that should be selected on the unobservables in order to identify the effect of the endogenous variable.
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Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables: Assessing the Effectiveness of Catholic Schools
TL;DR: In this article, the authors measure the effect of Catholic high school attendance on educational attainment and test scores, and find that Catholic high schools substantially increase the probability of graduating from high school and, more tentatively, attending college.
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Teacher Quality and Student Achievement
TL;DR: Using data from a 50-state survey of policies, state case study analyses, the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS), and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), this paper examined the ways in which teacher qualifications and other school inputs are related to student achievement across states.
Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: A Review of State Policy Evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the ways in which teacher qualifications and other school inputs are related to student achievement across states using data from a 50-state survey of policies, state case study analyses, the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS), and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and found that measures of teacher preparation and certification are by far the strongest correlates of student achievement in reading and mathematics.
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