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

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 b...

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Main Authors:	Yamauchi, Futoshi, Liu, Yanyan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	school quality policy intervention elementary schools human capital formation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13373

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

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