Improving public sector management at scale? experimental evidence on school governance india

K Muralidharan, A Singh - 2020‏ - nber.org
We present results from a large-scale experimental evaluation of an ambitious attempt to
improve management quality in Indian schools (implemented in 1,774 randomly-selected …

School resources and educational outcomes in develo** countries

P Glewwe, C Siameh, B Sun… - The Routledge handbook …, 2021‏ - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter reviews high-quality evaluations of school resource interventions in develo**
countries to answer two questions:(1) What school resource interventions increase students' …

Can education be standardized? Evidence from Kenya

G Gray-Lobe, A Keats, M Kremer, I Mbiti… - Evidence from Kenya …, 2022‏ - papers.ssrn.com
We examine the impact of enrolling in schools that employ a highly-standardized approach
to education, using random variation from a large nationwide scholarship program. Bridge …

Engaging teachers with technology increased achievement, bypassing teachers did not

S Beg, W Halim, AM Lucas, U Saif - American Economic Journal …, 2022‏ - aeaweb.org
Using two RCTs in middle schools in Pakistan, we show that brief, expert-led, curriculum-
based videos integrated into the classroom experience improved teaching effectiveness …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening Support of Teachers for Students to Improve Learning Outcomes in Mathematics: Empirical Evidence on a Structured Pedagogy Program in El …

T Maruyama - International Journal of Educational Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The learning crisis in lower secondary education is profound. Evidence suggests that a
structured pedagogy program that combines the distribution of teaching and learning …

Management in education systems

YY Hwa, C Leaver - Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
There is increasing interest in measuring management in schools. This paper discusses a
popular measurement tool: the World Management Survey (WMS) for schools. Drawing on …

[HTML][HTML] Can technology improve the classroom experience in primary education? An African experiment on a worldwide program

J Cardim, T Molina-Millán, PC Vicente - Journal of Development Economics, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Primary school coverage has been increasing in most develo** countries. Yet, it has not
been accompanied by significant improvements in learning indicators. We implemented a …

Why Programs Fail: Lessons for Improving Public Service Quality from a Mixed-Methods Evaluation of an Unsuccessful Teacher Training Program in Nepal

J Schaffner, P Glewwe, U Sharma - The World Bank Economic …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
This study demonstrates rigorously that an at-scale government training program for
secondary teachers in Nepal had little or no impact on student learning. It then documents …

Competition and equilibrium effort choice

J Xu - Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2022‏ - Elsevier
We examine optimal effort choice in a competition model where the agents are averse to low
relative status and to exerting excessive effort. The game has a unique pure strategy Nash …

The challenge of incorporating new methods: The case of group guided reading in South Africa

NA Kitsili, SR Murray - South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024‏ - journals.co.za
Background South Africa is a country with a reading crisis: 81% of Grade 4 learners are
unable to read for meaning in Grade 4. Teaching methods and practices have been …