Educational performance of the poor : lessons from rural northeast Brazil /
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| Author / Creator: | Harbison, Ralph W. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Published for the World Bank, Oxford University Press, c1992. |
| Description: | xvi, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1308461 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Background. 1. Introduction and Overview. The Policy Process. The Scope of the Work. Alternative Paths through the Book. A Fundamental Policy Insight. 2. Education Production: What We Know. Schooling in the United States. Schooling in Developing Countries. Implications for Policy and Research. 3. The EDURURAL Project and Education Design. The Socioeconomic Context. The EDURURAL Project. The Research Project and the Database. Education in the EDURURAL Sample Countries. The Agenda
- Pt. II. Research Findings. 4. Quantity: The Determinants of Continuation in School. Student Flows and the Structure of the Data. School Survival. On-Time Promotion Probabilities. Migration, Dropping Out, and Promotion: The 1987 Survey. 5. Quality: The Determinants of Achievement. The Measurement of Quality. Specification of the Achievement Models. Implications of Modeling and Estimation Choices. What Makes a Difference? The Value of Knowledge of the Educational Production Process. 6. Costs and Benefits of Alternative Policies. Static Cost-Effectiveness of Investments in Quality. Teachers' Salaries: Are Teachers Efficiently Compensated? A Dynamic View: Net Cost-Effectiveness and Partial Benefit-Cost Analysis. Conclusions: Investment Strategy for Educational Development. 7. The Effect of EDURURAL. EDURURAL and the Availability of Learning Resources. EDURURAL'S Effect on Student Achievement. EDURURAL'S Effect on Pupil Flows. EDURURAL'S Effect on Access
- Pt. III. Significance. 8. Education Amidst Poverty: Implications for Policy. The Imperative of Educational Improvement. Fundamental Research Findings. Direct Policy Ramifications. Project Implementation and Design. Lessons for Research on Education. Appendix A Measuring Achievement: the Tests, their Reliability and Overall Results
- Appendix B Variable Definitions and Descriptive Statistics
- Appendix C Statistical Appendix.