Impacts of an Early Stage Education Intervention on Students' Learning Achievement : Evidence from the Philippines

This paper examines the impact of a large supply-side education intervention in the Philippines, the Third Elementary Education Project, on students' national achievement test scores. It finds that the program significantly increased student test scores at grades 4 to 6. The estimation indicates that two-year exposure to the program increases test scores by about 4.5 to 5 score points. Interestingly, the mathematics score is more responsive to the education reform than are other subjects. The analysis also finds that textbooks, instructional training of teachers, and new classroom construction particularly contributed to these outcomes. The empirical results imply that early-stage investment improves student performance at later stages in the elementary school cycle, which suggests that social returns to such an investment are greater than what the current study demonstrates.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Yamauchi, Futoshi, Liu, Yanyan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-10
Subjects:	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE, ADULTS, AVERAGE SCORE, AVERAGE TEST SCORES, BASIC EDUCATION, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM CONSTRUCTION, CLASSROOMS, COLLEGES, COMPLETION REPORTS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY GRADES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION INVESTMENTS, EDUCATION MATERIALS, EDUCATION QUALITY, EDUCATION REFORM, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, HIGHER GRADE, HIGHER GRADES, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCES, INSTRUCTION, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, INSTRUCTORS, INTERVENTIONS, LABOR MARKETS, LEARNING, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS, LET, LITERATURE, LOCAL LABOR MARKET, MULTIGRADE CLASSES, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUTRITION, NUTRITION STATUS, OPEN ACCESS, PAPERS, PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRINCIPALS, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUPIL TEACHER RATIO, PUPIL TEACHER RATIOS, PUPIL­TEACHER RATIO, QUALITY EDUCATION, RATES OF RETURN, REPETITION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SCHOOL BUILDING, SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SCHOOL DISTRICT, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SCHOOL EDUCATION, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL FACILITIES, SCHOOL FEES, SCHOOL FINANCE, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT ABILITY, STUDENT BODY, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STUDENT OUTCOMES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, SUBJECTS, TEACHER, TEACHER RATIOS, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHING, TEACHING SKILLS, TEST SCORES, TEXTBOOK, TEXTBOOK DISTRIBUTION, TEXTBOOK SUPPLY, TEXTBOOKS, TRAINING OF TEACHERS, TRAINING TO TEACHERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16845620/impacts-early-stage-education-intervention-students-learning-achievement-evidence-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12078
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