Piloting Per-Student Formula Financing in Moldova : First Outcomes and Policy Recommendations

At present, the education sector is characterized by an oversized network of increasingly small schools and a high number of poorly paid teachers and non-teaching staff. A recent Ministry of Education sponsored feasibility study concluded that up to half of Moldova s rural schools may need to be reorganized in the next three to five years in order to counteract the sharp population declines that have taken place over the last 20 years. It is important to underline that the restructuring of the school network is not a goal in itself. The main purpose of the reforms will be to improve quality of education through consolidation of schools and better utilization of resources, human and physical. The results of the evaluation of the pilots (first two-years of implementation for which the data is available) have been presented and discussed with the Ministry of Education during the Bank missions in May and September 2012. This paper is organized as follows: section two explains sector context and the core of the per student financing reforms. Section three highlights key milestones in per student financing reform in Moldova. Section four reviews first outcomes of per-student finance in two pilots Riscani and Causeni. Finally, section five presents the summary of key findings and policy recommendations.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Education Study biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ACCESS OF STUDENTS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACHIEVEMENT DATA, ASSESSMENT SYSTEM, AVERAGE CLASS SIZE, AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, AVERAGE SCHOOLING, BIGGER CLASSES, CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, CLASS SIZE, CLASS SIZES, CLASS-SIZE, CLASSROOM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMPETENCIES, COMPULSORY EDUCATION, COST OF EDUCATION, COST PER STUDENT, COURSE CONTENT, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION MAKING, DESIGNING INTERVENTIONS, DIPLOMAS, DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, DROPOUT RATES, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION AUTHORITIES, EDUCATION BUDGET, EDUCATION DATA, EDUCATION EXPENDITURES, EDUCATION FINANCE, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATION POLICIES, EDUCATION QUALITY, EDUCATION REFORM, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SPENDING, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL INPUTS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT, EDUCATORS, EFFECTIVE TEACHING, EQUAL ACCESS, ETHNIC MINORITIES, EXAMS, EXPENDITURES, FORMULA FUNDING, FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE, GENERAL EDUCATION, GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS, HIGHER STUDENT LEARNING, IMPROVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, INSTRUCTION, INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT, JOB SATISFACTION, JOB SECURITY, LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS, LEARNING DISABILITIES, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, LITERATURE, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, LOWER SECONDARY, LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION, MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, NUMBER OF PUPILS, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, PER STUDENT EXPENDITURES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY GRADES, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PROFICIENCY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY OF TEACHING, READING, REPORT CARDS, RETIRED TEACHERS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL SCHOOLS, RURAL STUDENTS, SALARY INCREASES, SCHOOL AUTONOMY, SCHOOL BOARDS, SCHOOL BUDGETS, SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SCHOOL COSTS, SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, SCHOOL DIRECTORS, SCHOOL DROPOUT, SCHOOL FUNDING, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL NETWORK, SCHOOL NETWORKS, SCHOOL OWNERSHIP, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL SIZE, SCHOOL STAFF, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOL-AGE, SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SMALL CLASSES, SMALL SCHOOLS, SMALLER ONES, SOCIAL GROUPS, SPECIAL NEEDS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT ATTAINMENT, STUDENT COSTS, STUDENT ENROLLMENTS, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENT TEACHER RATIO, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS, TEACHER, TEACHER QUALITY, TEACHER RATIOS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING FORCE, TEACHING POSITIONS, TEACHING STAFF, TEXTBOOKS, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY LEVEL, UPPER SECONDARY, UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/20274273/piloting-per-student-formula-financing-moldova-first-outcomes-policy-recommendations-technical-note-government-moldova http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20775
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