Improving Education in the Developing World: What Have We Learned from Randomized Evaluations?

Autor/inn/en	Kremer, Michael; Holla, Alaka
Titel	Improving Education in the Developing World: What Have We Learned from Randomized Evaluations?
Quelle	In: Annual Review of Economics, 1 (2009), S.513-542 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1391
Schlagwörter	Developing Nations; Educational Improvement; Educational Practices; Educational Change; Change Strategies; Access to Education; Student Participation; Enrollment Influences; Enrollment Management; Cost Effectiveness; Scholarships; Comprehensive School Health Education; Access to Information; Educational Benefits; Incentives; Curriculum Development; Technology Uses in Education; Remedial Programs; Progress Monitoring; Parent Education; Merit Pay; Teacher Recruitment; Educational Vouchers; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsreform; Lösungsstrategie; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Scholarship; Stipendium; Bildungsertrag; Anreiz; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Förderprogramm; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Leistungszulage; Lehrerrekrutierung; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein
Abstract	Across a range of contexts, reductions in education costs and provision of subsidies can boost school participation, often dramatically. Decisions to attend school seem subject to peer effects and time-inconsistent preferences. Merit scholarships, school health programs, and information about returns to education can all cost-effectively spur school participation. However, distortions in education systems, such as weak teacher incentives and elite-oriented curricula, undermine learning in school and much of the impact of increasing existing educational spending. Pedagogical innovations designed to address these distortions (such as technology-assisted instruction, remedial education, and tracking by achievement) can raise test scores at a low cost. Merely informing parents about school conditions seems insufficient to improve teacher incentives, and evidence on merit pay is mixed, but hiring teachers locally on short-term contracts can save money and improve educational outcomes. School vouchers can cost-effectively increase both school participation and learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01