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

• Tác giả: Yanyan Liu
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 809.00 History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures
• Thông tin xuất bản: Taylor and Francis, 2013
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 295943
• Chủ đề: 1. elementary schools; 2. human capital formation; 3. policy intervention; 4. school quality

Tóm tắt

This article examines the impact of a large supply-side education intervention in the Philippines, the Third Elementary Education Project, on students' national achievement test scores. We find that two years' exposure to the programme significantly increased test scores at grades 4 to 6 by about 4.5 to 5 score points. Interestingly, the mathematics score was more responsive to this education reform than other subjects. We also find that textbooks, instructional training of teachers and new classroom constructions particularly contributed to these outcomes. The empirical results also imply that early stage investments improve 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.