The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland

Increasing the share of vocational secondary schooling has been a mainstay of development policy for decades, perhaps nowhere more so than in formerly socialist countries. The transition, however, led to significant restructuring of school systems,...

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Main Authors:	Jakubowski, Maciej, Patrinos, Harry Anthony, Porta, Emilio Ernesto, Wisniewski, Jerzy
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABLE STUDENTS ACADEMIC CURRICULUM ACADEMICALLY LESS ABLE STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT DATA ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ACHIEVEMENTS ADULT LIFE ANALYTICAL METHOD ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION SYSTEM BASIC VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS BETTER TEACHERS BOOKS AT HOME CALL CAREER CERTIFIED TEACHERS CLASS-SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM TIME CLASSROOMS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COMPETENCIES COMPULSORY EDUCATION COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE COMPUTER AT HOME CORE CURRICULA CRITICAL THINKING CURRICULAR REFORM CURRICULAR STRUCTURE CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION DIVERSIFIED SECONDARY EDUCATION DOCTORAL STUDIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION PLANS EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EFFECTIVE EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE EXAM FINAL EXAM FINAL EXAMS FIRST GRADE GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS HIGHER GRADES HOURS OF INSTRUCTION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INNOVATIVE TEACHING INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB TRAINING KINDERGARTENS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOUR ECONOMISTS LABOUR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LITERACY SKILLS LITERATURE LOWER ACHIEVEMENT LOWER SECONDARY LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLING LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF PUPILS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NURSERY SCHOOL NURSERY SCHOOLS OLD STUDENTS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIMARY CYCLE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROFICIENCY PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING ACHIEVEMENT READING SKILLS REASONING RESEARCHERS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CAREER SCHOOL CURRICULA SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL FINANCE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL NETWORK SCHOOL POLICY SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOL PROGRAMS SCHOOL STRUCTURE SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL YEAR SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT SCIENCE STUDY SCIENTIFIC LITERACY SECONDARY CYCLE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS SKILLS ESSENTIAL SOCIAL BENEFITS STUDENT - TEACHER RATIO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT SCORES SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING CONTENTS TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING STYLES TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TRADITIONAL SKILLS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING PROGRAMS UPPER SECONDARY UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL STUDENTS VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS VOCATIONAL TRAINING YOUTH
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topic	ABLE STUDENTS ACADEMIC CURRICULUM ACADEMICALLY LESS ABLE STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT DATA ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ACHIEVEMENTS ADULT LIFE ANALYTICAL METHOD ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION SYSTEM BASIC VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS BETTER TEACHERS BOOKS AT HOME CALL CAREER CERTIFIED TEACHERS CLASS-SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM TIME CLASSROOMS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COMPETENCIES COMPULSORY EDUCATION COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE COMPUTER AT HOME CORE CURRICULA CRITICAL THINKING CURRICULAR REFORM CURRICULAR STRUCTURE CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION DIVERSIFIED SECONDARY EDUCATION DOCTORAL STUDIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION PLANS EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EFFECTIVE EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE EXAM FINAL EXAM FINAL EXAMS FIRST GRADE GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS HIGHER GRADES HOURS OF INSTRUCTION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INNOVATIVE TEACHING INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB TRAINING KINDERGARTENS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOUR ECONOMISTS LABOUR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LITERACY SKILLS LITERATURE LOWER ACHIEVEMENT LOWER SECONDARY LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLING LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF PUPILS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NURSERY SCHOOL NURSERY SCHOOLS OLD STUDENTS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIMARY CYCLE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROFICIENCY PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING ACHIEVEMENT READING SKILLS REASONING RESEARCHERS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CAREER SCHOOL CURRICULA SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL FINANCE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL NETWORK SCHOOL POLICY SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOL PROGRAMS SCHOOL STRUCTURE SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL YEAR SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT SCIENCE STUDY SCIENTIFIC LITERACY SECONDARY CYCLE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS SKILLS ESSENTIAL SOCIAL BENEFITS STUDENT - TEACHER RATIO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT SCORES SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING CONTENTS TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING STYLES TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TRADITIONAL SKILLS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING PROGRAMS UPPER SECONDARY UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL STUDENTS VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS VOCATIONAL TRAINING YOUTH
spellingShingle	ABLE STUDENTS ACADEMIC CURRICULUM ACADEMICALLY LESS ABLE STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT DATA ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ACHIEVEMENTS ADULT LIFE ANALYTICAL METHOD ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION SYSTEM BASIC VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS BETTER TEACHERS BOOKS AT HOME CALL CAREER CERTIFIED TEACHERS CLASS-SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM TIME CLASSROOMS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COMPETENCIES COMPULSORY EDUCATION COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE COMPUTER AT HOME CORE CURRICULA CRITICAL THINKING CURRICULAR REFORM CURRICULAR STRUCTURE CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION DIVERSIFIED SECONDARY EDUCATION DOCTORAL STUDIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION PLANS EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EFFECTIVE EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE EXAM FINAL EXAM FINAL EXAMS FIRST GRADE GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS HIGHER GRADES HOURS OF INSTRUCTION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INNOVATIVE TEACHING INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB TRAINING KINDERGARTENS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOUR ECONOMISTS LABOUR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LITERACY SKILLS LITERATURE LOWER ACHIEVEMENT LOWER SECONDARY LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLING LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF PUPILS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NURSERY SCHOOL NURSERY SCHOOLS OLD STUDENTS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIMARY CYCLE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROFICIENCY PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING ACHIEVEMENT READING SKILLS REASONING RESEARCHERS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CAREER SCHOOL CURRICULA SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL FINANCE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL NETWORK SCHOOL POLICY SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOL PROGRAMS SCHOOL STRUCTURE SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL YEAR SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT SCIENCE STUDY SCIENTIFIC LITERACY SECONDARY CYCLE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS SKILLS ESSENTIAL SOCIAL BENEFITS STUDENT - TEACHER RATIO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT SCORES SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING CONTENTS TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING STYLES TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TRADITIONAL SKILLS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING PROGRAMS UPPER SECONDARY UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL STUDENTS VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS VOCATIONAL TRAINING YOUTH Jakubowski, Maciej Patrinos, Harry Anthony Porta, Emilio Ernesto Wisniewski, Jerzy The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
geographic_facet	Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia Europe Eastern Europe Poland
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5263
description	Increasing the share of vocational secondary schooling has been a mainstay of development policy for decades, perhaps nowhere more so than in formerly socialist countries. The transition, however, led to significant restructuring of school systems, including a declining share of vocational students. Exposing more students to a general curriculum could improve academic abilities. This paper analyzes Poland s significant improvement in international achievement tests and the restructuring of the education system that expanded general schooling to test the hypothesis that delayed vocational streaming improves outcomes. Using propensity score matching and differences-in-differences estimates, the authors show that delayed vocationalization had a positive and significant impact on student performance on the order of one standard deviation.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Jakubowski, Maciej Patrinos, Harry Anthony Porta, Emilio Ernesto Wisniewski, Jerzy
author_facet	Jakubowski, Maciej Patrinos, Harry Anthony Porta, Emilio Ernesto Wisniewski, Jerzy
author_sort	Jakubowski, Maciej
title	The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
title_short	The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
title_full	The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
title_fullStr	The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
title_sort	impact of the 1999 education reform in poland
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100405112516 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3749
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spelling	okr-10986-37492021-04-23T14:02:12Z The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland Jakubowski, Maciej Patrinos, Harry Anthony Porta, Emilio Ernesto Wisniewski, Jerzy ABLE STUDENTS ACADEMIC CURRICULUM ACADEMICALLY LESS ABLE STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT DATA ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ACHIEVEMENTS ADULT LIFE ANALYTICAL METHOD ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION SYSTEM BASIC VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS BETTER TEACHERS BOOKS AT HOME CALL CAREER CERTIFIED TEACHERS CLASS-SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM TIME CLASSROOMS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COMPETENCIES COMPULSORY EDUCATION COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE COMPUTER AT HOME CORE CURRICULA CRITICAL THINKING CURRICULAR REFORM CURRICULAR STRUCTURE CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION DIVERSIFIED SECONDARY EDUCATION DOCTORAL STUDIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION PLANS EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EFFECTIVE EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE EXAM FINAL EXAM FINAL EXAMS FIRST GRADE GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS HIGHER GRADES HOURS OF INSTRUCTION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INNOVATIVE TEACHING INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB TRAINING KINDERGARTENS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOUR ECONOMISTS LABOUR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LITERACY SKILLS LITERATURE LOWER ACHIEVEMENT LOWER SECONDARY LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLING LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF PUPILS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NURSERY SCHOOL NURSERY SCHOOLS OLD STUDENTS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIMARY CYCLE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROFICIENCY PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING ACHIEVEMENT READING SKILLS REASONING RESEARCHERS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CAREER SCHOOL CURRICULA SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL FINANCE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL NETWORK SCHOOL POLICY SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOL PROGRAMS SCHOOL STRUCTURE SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL YEAR SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT SCIENCE STUDY SCIENTIFIC LITERACY SECONDARY CYCLE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS SKILLS ESSENTIAL SOCIAL BENEFITS STUDENT - TEACHER RATIO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT SCORES SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING CONTENTS TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING STYLES TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TRADITIONAL SKILLS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING PROGRAMS UPPER SECONDARY UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL STUDENTS VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS VOCATIONAL TRAINING YOUTH Increasing the share of vocational secondary schooling has been a mainstay of development policy for decades, perhaps nowhere more so than in formerly socialist countries. The transition, however, led to significant restructuring of school systems, including a declining share of vocational students. Exposing more students to a general curriculum could improve academic abilities. This paper analyzes Poland s significant improvement in international achievement tests and the restructuring of the education system that expanded general schooling to test the hypothesis that delayed vocational streaming improves outcomes. Using propensity score matching and differences-in-differences estimates, the authors show that delayed vocationalization had a positive and significant impact on student performance on the order of one standard deviation. 2012-03-19T18:39:07Z 2012-03-19T18:39:07Z 2010-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100405112516 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3749 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5263 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia Europe Eastern Europe Poland

The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland

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