School Access, Resources, and Learning Outcomes : Evidence from a Non-Formal School Program in Bangladesh

This study reports evidence from an unusual policy intervention- The Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC) project in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools comprised of a s...

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Main Authors:	Dang, Hai-Anh, Sarr, Leopold, Asadullah, Niaz
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ABILITY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ACHIEVEMENT EVALUATION ADVANCED DEGREE AGE COHORT AGE RANGES ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLING ANNUAL EXAMINATION ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ATTENDANCE RATES AVERAGE CLASS SIZE BLACKBOARDS CLASS SIZES CLASSROOM COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SCHOOL COMPARATIVE EDUCATION COMPLETION RATES COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT CURRICULUM DEGREES DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED PARENTS EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION PLANNING EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ENROLMENT RATES ENROLMENTS EXPENDITURES FEMALE ENROLMENT FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FORMAL PRIMARY EDUCATION FORMAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS FORMAL SCHOOL PROGRAM FORMAL SCHOOLING FORMAL SCHOOLING SYSTEM FORMAL SCHOOLS FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER GAP GENDER PARITY GIRLS GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS GRADE CYCLE GROSS ENROLMENT GROSS ENROLMENT RATE HIGHER ENROLMENT HIGHER TEST SCORES HOMEWORK HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INTERVENTIONS LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING CENTERS LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LITERATE PARENTS LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS MASS EDUCATION MATH SCORES MATH SKILLS MATH TEST MATHEMATICS MIDDLE SCHOOL MULTIGRADE SCHOOLS NEEDS ASSESSMENT NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NET ENROLMENT NET ENROLMENT RATE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION NUMERACY OLDER CHILDREN ORPHANS OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN PARENTAL EDUCATION POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY CYCLE PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAM PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM PRIMARY ENROLMENT PRIMARY GROSS ENROLMENT RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL PARTICIPATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY TRAINING PRIMARY TRAINING INSTITUTE PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE TUTORING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPIL RATIOS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHERS READING READING SKILLS REMEDIAL EDUCATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOLS SANITATION SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL CLASSES SCHOOL CLASSROOMS SCHOOL DATA SCHOOL DROP-OUTS SCHOOL ENROLMENT SCHOOL ESTABLISHMENT SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MODEL SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PROGRAMS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SELECTION SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SUPPLY SCHOOL SURVEY SCHOOL SURVEYS SCHOOL TEACHING SCHOOL TYPES SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL QUALITY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS STIPENDS STUDENT ABILITY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS STUDENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES STUDENT ENROLMENT STUDENT FEES STUDENT INTAKE STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TRANSFER STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENTS PER TEACHER SUBJECTS SUPPLY OF SCHOOLS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER MANAGEMENT TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS TEXTBOOKS TYPES OF SCHOOLS TYPES OF STUDENTS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VERBAL SKILLS VILLAGE EDUCATION VILLAGE LEVEL WORKING CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/505581468210890921/School-access-resources-and-learning-outcomes-evidence-from-a-non-formal-school-program-in-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27319

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Summary:	This study reports evidence from an unusual policy intervention- The Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC) project in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools comprised of a single teacher and a classroom. The operating unit cost of these schools is a fraction of that of formal primary schools. Panel data is used to investigate whether ROSC schools are effective in raising enrolment and learning outcomes. The findings suggest that there is a modest impact on school participation: ROSC schools increase enrolment probability between 9 and 18 percent for children in the two age cohorts 6 to 8 and 6 to 10. They perform as well as non-ROSC schools in terms of raising test scores, and even have positive impacts on academically stronger students. There is also strong evidence of positive externalities on non-ROSC schools in program areas. These results point to the effectiveness of a new model of non-formal primary schools that can be replicated in similar settings. This paper consists of following sections: section one gives introduction. The context for the country and the program description is provided in section two, and the data is described in section three. The impacts of the ROSC project on education outcomes as measured by student enrolment and test scores are discussed in section four and other program effects are considered in section five, with the empirical estimation frameworks being respectively detailed in each section. The relative efficiency of ROSC schools versus non-ROSC schools is discussed in section six and section seven gives conclusion.

School Access, Resources, and Learning Outcomes : Evidence from a Non-Formal School Program in Bangladesh

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