Documents et rapports
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Concepts of educational efficiency and effectiveness (anglais)
This paper provides a conceptual framework for addressing efficiency in education, considers how this concept compares to other related concerns and issues, and discusses constraints on improving efficiency...
Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 12843 Date du document: 31 mars 1994 Auteur: Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Hanushek, Eric
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World Bank lending for educational testing : a general operational review (anglais)
The new emphasis on educational quality in Bank-financed projects and the search for valid and reliable indicators of education inputs are focusing increased attention on educational tests. The present...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 11311 Date du document: 31 août 1992 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Larach, Linda P.,Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Populatio
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The empty opportunity : local control of secondary schools and student achievement in the Philippines (anglais)
Decentralization policies are at the heart of education reform efforts in many countries internationally. Two important types of policies are those that: (a) remove barriers to private education; and (b)...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS825 Date du document: 31 janvier 1992 Auteur: Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Qinghua Zhao
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World Bank lending for education research, 1982-89 (anglais)
As a follow up to the earlier review of research in education projects, this study inventories research in education projects, 1982 to 1989, and traces the completion status of studies that were incomplete...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS583 Date du document: 31 janvier 1991 Auteur: Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Rodd, Alastair G.
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School effects on achievement in secondary mathematics and Portuguese in Brazil (anglais)
The authors use a multilevel modeling procedure to explore 1) the percentage of variance in secondary school achievement in Brazil that could be attributed to the types of school attended, 2) differences...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS525 Date du document: 31 octobre 1990 Auteur: Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Burns, Barbara
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School effects and costs for private and public schools in the Dominican Republic (anglais)
Using statistical methods to adjust for a bias in selectivity, this paper analyzes the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public schools and two types of private schools - elite and non-elite...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS288 Date du document: 31 octobre 1989 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Jimenez, Emmanuel,Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Luna, Ed
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A multi level model of school effectiveness in a developing country (anglais)
What makes one school more effective than another - particularly which inputs and management practices most efficiently enhance student achievement - has become the center of lively debate in the literature...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS242 Date du document: 31 juillet 1989 Auteur: Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Longford, Nicholas T.
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The effects of single-sex schooling on student achievement and attitudes in Nigeria (anglais)
This study of Form Three (ninth grade) students in Nigeria indicates that single sex schools improve girls' achievement in mathematics and engender less stereotypic ideas about mathematics. But Nigerian...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS206 Date du document: 31 mai 1989 Auteur: Lee, Valerie E.,Lockheed, Marlaine E.
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Effective primary level science teaching in the Philippines (anglais)
Early studies of educational achievement in developing countries emphasized the effects of material inputs (such as textbooks) over teaching practices and classroom organization. This paper examines how...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS208 Date du document: 31 mai 1989 Auteur: Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Fonacier, Josefina,Bianchi
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The relative effectiveness of single-sex and coeducational schools in Thailand (anglais)
This paper provides evidence regarding the relative effects of single-sex and coeducational school in enhancing eighth grade mathematics achievement in Thailand. It uses pre and post eighth grade test...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS29 Date du document: 31 août 1988 Auteur: Jimenez, Emmanuel,Lockheed, Marlaine E.
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School effects on student achievement in Nigeria and Swaziland (anglais)
This paper provides evidence regarding the effects of schools, teachers and teaching processes on enhancing eighth grade mathematics achievement in Nigeria and Swaziland. A principal conclusion is that...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS71 Date du document: 31 août 1988 Auteur: Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Komenan, Andre
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Family background and student achievement (anglais)
Past research from Third World countries shows that school related factors have stronger effects on student achievement than do family background factors. However this paper finds that prior work suffered...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS27 Date du document: 31 juillet 1988 Auteur: Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Fuller, Bruce,Nyirongo, Ro
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The relative effectiveness of private and public schools in enhancing achievement : the case of Thailand (anglais)
A key consideration in the policy debate on the appropriate role of private schools in predominantly public school systems is cost effectiveness. This paper analyzes the relative performance of public...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: EDT97 Date du document: 30 juin 1987 Auteur: Jimenez, Emmanuel,Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Wattanaw
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Policy choice and school efficiency in Mexico (anglais)
Little is known about the relative efficiency with which alternative educational policies, set by central governments, actually influence pupil achievement. This study examines the influence of economic...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: EDT78 Date du document: 31 mai 1987 Auteur: Fuller, Bruce,Lockheed, Marlaine E.
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How textbooks affect achievement (anglais)
This paper analyzes longitudinal data from a national sample of eighth-grade mathematics classrooms (99 teachers and 4030 students) in Thailand to explore the mechanisms whereby textbooks affect student...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: EDT53 Date du document: 31 janvier 1987 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Vail, Stephen C.,Fuller, B