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The Expansion of Higher Education in Colombia : Bad Students or Bad Programs?
(BID, 2016-05)Rapid expansion in the demand for post-secondary education triggered an unprecedented boom of higher education programs in Colombia, possibly deteriorating quality. This paper uses rich administrative data matching school ... -
The Experience of New Teachers : results from TALIS 2008
(OECD, 2008)This report uses data from the TALIS 2008 survey, in which eight percent of the respondents were teachers with two years or less of teaching experience. Teachers and their principals reported on the teaching and learning ... -
The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood
(Harvard University, 2015)A vital and productive society with a prosperous and sustainable future is built on a foundation of healthy child development. Health in the earliest years—actually beginning with the future mother’s health before she ... -
The Future of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean : possibilities for United States Invesment and Engagement
(Diálogo Interamericano, 2018)The objective of this report is to provide an independent, non-partisan, non-governmental analysis of issues and trends in education throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with a particular focus on identifying ... -
The Futures of Learning 2 : What Kind of Learning for the 21st Century?
(UNESCO, 2015-11)The past two decades have seen the emergence of a global movement that calls for a new model of learning for the twenty-first century. There is now a significant body of literature focusing mainly on three topics – motivations ... -
The Futures of Learning 3 : what kind of pedagogies for the 21st century?
(UNESCO, 2015-12)Since the emergence of a global movement that calls for a new model of learning for the twenty-first century, it has been argued that formal education must be transformed to enable new forms of learning that are needed to ... -
The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico
(World Bank, 2015-09)A randomized control trial was conducted to study whether providing 10th grade students with information about the returns to upper secondary and tertiary education, and a source of financial aid for tertiary education, ... -
The Human and Educational Significance of Honesty as an Epistemic and Moral Virtue
(John Wiley & Sons, 2014)While honesty is clearly a virtue of some educational as well as moral significance, its virtue-ethical status is far from clear. In this essay, following some discussion of latter-day virtue ethics and virtue epistemology, ... -
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Learning, Teaching, and Education
(European Union, 2018)This report describes the current state of the art in artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact for learning, teaching, and education. It provides conceptual foundations for well-informed policy-oriented work, ... -
The Impact of Cash Transfers on Food Security
(UNICEF. Office of Research-Innocenti, 2016)Vulnerable populations in sub-Saharan African countries often face high levels of food insecurity which disproportionately affect households living in poverty and children are particularly at risk. This review of eight ... -
The impact of education programmes on learning and school participation in low- and middle-income countries
(International Initiative for Impact Education, 2016-09)It includes studies assessing the impact of 216 programmes implemented across 52 low- and middle-income countries. And it moves beyond examining whether a programme works or doesn’t work. By examining the multiple factors ... -
The Impact of Examinee Performance Information on Judges’ Cut Scores in Modified Angoff Standard-Setting Exercises
(National Council on Measurement in Education, 2014)This research evaluated the impact of a common modification to Angoff standard-setting exercises: the provision of examinee performance data. Data from 18 independent standard-setting panels across three different medical ... -
The Impact of Financial Education on Conditional Cash Transfer Beneficiaries in Peru
(The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2015)The research did not find conclusive evidence on changes in expenditures on health and education due to the SPP (Savings Promotion Pilot). Since we cannot claim a non-negative impact on these variables, we think it is ... -
The Impact of Funding on Research Collaboration : evidence from Argentina
(BID, 2010-09)In this paper, we evaluate the impact of research grants on the amount of collaboration, among scientific researchers in Argentina. We find a positive and significant impact of funding on collaboration, which is measured ... -
The impact of intimate partner violence on child development in Peru
(GRADE, 2018)The researchers used longitudinal data from a cohort of Peruvian children (n=1,720) tracked starting at the age of 1 year old to test the association between alcohol-induced physical IPV (intimate partner violence) against ... -
The Impact of Literacy, Numeracy and Computer Skills on Earnings and Employment Outcomes
(OECD, 2016-03)Using the 2012 PIAAC data, the analysis confirms that there are significantly higher earnings and employment returns to both increasing levels of formally recognised education, and to increasing levels of numeracy, literacy ... -
The Impact of Public Expenditures in Education, Health, and Infrastructure on Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Peru
(BID, 2014-02)The Peruvian economy has exhibited remarkable growth in the past 20 years. Good tax and monetary policies, along with comprehensive structural adjustment, which has attracted substantial foreign investment, are regarded ... -
The Impact of School Infrastructure on Learning : A Synthesis of the Evidence
(World Bank, 2019)The aim of this report is to review current research studies on how school infrastructure affects children’s learning outcomes and to identify key parameters that can inform the design, implementation, and supervision of ... -
The Impact of School-Based Financial Education on High School Students and their Teachers : Experimental Evidence from Peru
(BID, 2018-03)Using data from a randomized controlled trial in 300 public high schools in Peru, this paper studies the potential of school-based financial education programs for youth. The intervention improves students’ and teachers’ ... -
The importance of action research in teacher education programs
(Australia's Institutes for Educational Research, 2013)Following entry into the workforce, there are limited opportunities for new graduate teachers to engage in critically reflective activities about their educative practice. In an increasingly complex and challenging profession, ...