More Time is Better : An Evaluation of the Full-time School Program in Uruguay
This paper estimates the impact of the full-time school program in Uruguay on standardized test scores of 6th grade students. The program lengthened the school day from a half day to a full day, and provided additional inputs to schools to make thi...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7451171/more-time-better-evaluation-full-time-school-program-uruguay http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7240 |
| Summary: | This paper estimates the impact of the
full-time school program in Uruguay on standardized test
scores of 6th grade students. The program lengthened the
school day from a half day to a full day, and provided
additional inputs to schools to make this possible, such as
additional teachers and construction of classrooms. The
program was not randomly placed, but targeted poor urban
schools. Using propensity score matching, the authors
construct a comparable group of schools, and show that
students in very disadvantaged schools improved in their
test scores by 0.07 of a standard deviation per year of
participation in the full-time program in mathematics, and
0.04 in language. While the program is expensive, it may, if
well targeted, help address inequalities in education in
Uruguay, at an increase in cost per student not larger than
the current deficit in spending between Uruguay and the rest
of the region. |
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