Decentralization and Educational Performance : Evidence from the PROHECO Community School Program in Rural Honduras

We analyze the effectiveness of the Programa Hondureno de Educacion Comunitaria (PROHECO) community school program in rural Honduras. The data include standardized tests and extensive information on school, teacher, classroom, and community features for 120 rural schools drawn from 15 states. Using...

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Main Authors:	Di Gropello, Emanuela, Marshall, Jeffery H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	State and Local Government: Health SOCIAL SCIENCES :: Education Welfare Public Pensions H750 Analysis of Education I210 Public Sector Labor Markets J450 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5648

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spelling	okr-10986-56482021-04-23T14:02:23Z Decentralization and Educational Performance : Evidence from the PROHECO Community School Program in Rural Honduras Di Gropello, Emanuela Marshall, Jeffery H. State and Local Government: Health SOCIAL SCIENCES :: Education Welfare Public Pensions H750 Analysis of Education I210 Public Sector Labor Markets J450 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 We analyze the effectiveness of the Programa Hondureno de Educacion Comunitaria (PROHECO) community school program in rural Honduras. The data include standardized tests and extensive information on school, teacher, classroom, and community features for 120 rural schools drawn from 15 states. Using academic achievement decompositions we find that PROHECO schools do a better job of maximizing teacher effort and involving parents in the school, both of which translate into higher levels of achievement. But these efficiency advantages are offset (to some degree) by lower levels of teacher experience, training, parental education, as well as a reliance on smaller class sizes. The results help extend the community school and school based management (SBM) literatures by identifying plausible mechanisms in the chain linking increased community involvement with better student outcomes, while also highlighting the importance of local capacity. 2012-03-30T07:33:51Z 2012-03-30T07:33:51Z 2011 Journal Article Education Economics 09645292 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5648 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Honduras
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description	We analyze the effectiveness of the Programa Hondureno de Educacion Comunitaria (PROHECO) community school program in rural Honduras. The data include standardized tests and extensive information on school, teacher, classroom, and community features for 120 rural schools drawn from 15 states. Using academic achievement decompositions we find that PROHECO schools do a better job of maximizing teacher effort and involving parents in the school, both of which translate into higher levels of achievement. But these efficiency advantages are offset (to some degree) by lower levels of teacher experience, training, parental education, as well as a reliance on smaller class sizes. The results help extend the community school and school based management (SBM) literatures by identifying plausible mechanisms in the chain linking increased community involvement with better student outcomes, while also highlighting the importance of local capacity.
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author	Di Gropello, Emanuela Marshall, Jeffery H.
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title	Decentralization and Educational Performance : Evidence from the PROHECO Community School Program in Rural Honduras
title_short	Decentralization and Educational Performance : Evidence from the PROHECO Community School Program in Rural Honduras
title_full	Decentralization and Educational Performance : Evidence from the PROHECO Community School Program in Rural Honduras
title_fullStr	Decentralization and Educational Performance : Evidence from the PROHECO Community School Program in Rural Honduras
title_full_unstemmed	Decentralization and Educational Performance : Evidence from the PROHECO Community School Program in Rural Honduras
title_sort	decentralization and educational performance : evidence from the proheco community school program in rural honduras
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Decentralization and Educational Performance : Evidence from the PROHECO Community School Program in Rural Honduras

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