Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets

This paper studies study the impact of providing school and child test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half of the sample villages (markets) received report cards. This increased test scores by 0.11 standard deviations, decreased private school fees by 17 percent, and increased primary enrollment by 4.5 percent. Heterogeneity in the treatment impact by initial school quality is consistent with canonical models of asymmetric information. Information provision facilitates better comparisons across providers, improves market efficiency and raises child welfare through higher test scores, higher enrollment, and lower fees.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015-03
Subjects:	SKILLS, SCHOOL TEACHERS, BLACKBOARDS, TEACHERS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, DROPOUT RATE, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, SCHOOLING, ENROLLMENT RATE, ENROLLMENT, QUALITY SCHOOLS, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL SURVEYS, GROUPS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, PRIVATE SCHOOLING, INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION, HEAD TEACHER, PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATE, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, HIGHER ENROLLMENT, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, POOR PEOPLE, TEACHER PERFORMANCE, OPEN SCHOOLS, SCHOOL CENSUS, ADULTS, RURAL POPULATION, LITERACY, ADULT LITERACY RATE, TEXTBOOKS, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION SECTOR, MIDDLE SCHOOL, LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, ENROLMENTS, LITERACY RATE, SCHOOL IMPACTS, SCHOOL TIME, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, PRIMARY ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL GOING, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, SCHOOL POPULATIONS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, PARENTAL EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIVATE SCHOOL, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, ILLITERATE PARENTS, LEARNING, SCHOOL SURVEY DATA, SCHOOL QUALITY, PRIMARY DETERMINANT, PRIMARY SCHOOL, TEACHING, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL SURVEY, CHILD CARE, VILLAGE LEVEL, EDUCATION SPENDING, EDUCATED WOMEN, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, READING, FEMALE MEMBER, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL YEAR, ENROLLMENT INCREASES, DROPOUT RATES, EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS, LITERACY SKILLS, STUDENT POPULATION, ENROLLMENT RATES, SCHOOL FEES, VALUES, SCHOOLS, HEAD TEACHERS, PARTICIPATION, CURRICULA, PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS, PROVISION OF EDUCATION, AVERAGE SCORE, TEACHER RATIOS, SCHOOL FEE, PRIVATE EDUCATION, OLDER CHILDREN, REPORT CARDS, HIGHER TEST SCORES, SCHOOL COST, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, CURRICULUM, TEACHER, SUBJECT CURRICULA, CHILDREN, FORMAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, EDUCATION, INVESTMENT, CLASS SIZES, TEACHER SUPPLY, INSTRUCTION, SCHOOL CENSUSES, GIRLS, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, SCHOOL GOVERNANCE, EXCLUSION OF TEACHERS, STUDENT ATTENDANCE, INTERVENTIONS, NET ENROLLMENT, FEES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, WOMEN, QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL, SECONDARY EDUCATION, ADULT LITERACY, SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, SCHOOL ENROLMENTS, FEMALE SCHOOLING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, RETURNS TO EDUCATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24220579/report-cards-impact-providing-school-child-test-scores-educational-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21670
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