Is Optimization an Opportunity? An Assessment of the Impact of Class Size and School Size on the Performance of Ukrainian Secondary Schools

Is Optimization an Opportunity? An Assessment of the Impact of Class Size and School Size on the Performance of Ukrainian Secondary Schools

Using a rich data set of almost the entire population of Ukrainian secondary schools, the authors estimate the effect of school size and class size on the performance of secondary schools on Ukraine's External Independent Test. They find that...

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Main Authors:	Coupe, Tom, Olefir, Anna, Alonso, Juan Diego
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION ACCREDITATION ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT SCORES ACHIEVEMENTS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AVERAGE SCORE BASIC EDUCATION BETTER LEARNING BETTER SCHOOLS BETTER TEACHERS BIRTH RATES BOARDING BOARDING SCHOOLS BUDGET FOR EDUCATION CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLASS-SIZE COUNTRY STUDIES DAILY SCHOOLS DISADVANTAGED STUDENT DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DISCIPLINES ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION LENDING EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS EQUAL ACCESS EXAM EXAM SCORE EXAMS EXPENDITURES FEMALE STUDENTS FINAL GRADE FOREIGN LANGUAGES FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS GENDER COMPOSITION GENDER GAP GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GIRLS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER GRADES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS LANGUAGE CHOICE LANGUAGE POLICY LEVEL OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY SURVEY LITERATURE LOWER SECONDARY LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL MATH ACHIEVEMENT MATH SCORES MATHEMATICS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER NUMBER OF TEACHERS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT PARTICIPATION RATES PEDAGOGY PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPIL RATIOS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHERS READING RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOL RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL NETWORK SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL TYPES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCIENCE SCORES SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALL CLASSES SMALL SCHOOLS SMALLER NUMBER SPECIAL SCHOOLS SPORTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT MOTIVATION STUDENT PARTICIPATION STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT POPULATIONS STUDENT-STAFF RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER QUALITY TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING STAFF TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TYPES OF SCHOOLS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSITY LEVEL UPPER SECONDARY UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL URBAN SCHOOL URBAN SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS YOUTH
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Summary:	Using a rich data set of almost the entire population of Ukrainian secondary schools, the authors estimate the effect of school size and class size on the performance of secondary schools on Ukraine's External Independent Test. They find that larger schools tend to have somewhat better performance, both in terms of test scores and in terms of test participation. The size of this effect is relatively small, however, especially in rural areas for which the estimates are likely to be more clean estimates. Class size is found to be insignificant in most specifications and, if significant, of negligible size.

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