The Effect of School Type on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Indonesia
Using data from Indonesia, Newhouse and Beegle to evaluate the impact of school type on academic achievement of junior secondary school students (grades 7-9). Students that graduate from public junior secondary schools, controlling for a variety of other characteristics, score 0.15 to 0.3 standard d...
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okr-10986-89322021-04-23T14:02:42Z The Effect of School Type on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Indonesia Newhouse, David Beegle, Kathleen ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL POLICIES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES GRADE REPETITION HIGH SCHOOLS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INSTRUCTION LEARNING LET MIDDLE SCHOOLS MIGRATION MOTHERS MOTIVATION NATIONAL EDUCATION PAPERS PARENTS PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS READING REPETITION SAFETY SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL CHOICE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SIBLINGS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEACHER TEACHERS TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS VOUCHERS Using data from Indonesia, Newhouse and Beegle to evaluate the impact of school type on academic achievement of junior secondary school students (grades 7-9). Students that graduate from public junior secondary schools, controlling for a variety of other characteristics, score 0.15 to 0.3 standard deviations higher on the national exit exam than comparable privately schooled peers. This finding is robust to OLS, fixed-effects, and instrumental variable estimation strategies. Students attending Muslim private schools, including Madrassahs, fare no worse on average than students attending secular private schools. The results provide indirect evidence that higher quality inputs at public junior secondary schools promote higher test scores. 2012-06-25T15:32:15Z 2012-06-25T15:32:15Z 2005-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5796127/effect-school-type-academic-achievement-evidence-indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8932 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3604 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Indonesia |
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL POLICIES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES GRADE REPETITION HIGH SCHOOLS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INSTRUCTION LEARNING LET MIDDLE SCHOOLS MIGRATION MOTHERS MOTIVATION NATIONAL EDUCATION PAPERS PARENTS PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS READING REPETITION SAFETY SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL CHOICE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SIBLINGS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEACHER TEACHERS TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS VOUCHERS |
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL POLICIES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES GRADE REPETITION HIGH SCHOOLS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INSTRUCTION LEARNING LET MIDDLE SCHOOLS MIGRATION MOTHERS MOTIVATION NATIONAL EDUCATION PAPERS PARENTS PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS READING REPETITION SAFETY SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL CHOICE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SIBLINGS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEACHER TEACHERS TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS VOUCHERS Newhouse, David Beegle, Kathleen The Effect of School Type on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Indonesia |
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Using data from Indonesia, Newhouse and Beegle to evaluate the impact of school type on academic achievement of junior secondary school students (grades 7-9). Students that graduate from public junior secondary schools, controlling for a variety of other characteristics, score 0.15 to 0.3 standard deviations higher on the national exit exam than comparable privately schooled peers. This finding is robust to OLS, fixed-effects, and instrumental variable estimation strategies. Students attending Muslim private schools, including Madrassahs, fare no worse on average than students attending secular private schools. The results provide indirect evidence that higher quality inputs at public junior secondary schools promote higher test scores. |
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Newhouse, David Beegle, Kathleen |
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Newhouse, David Beegle, Kathleen |
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The Effect of School Type on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Indonesia |
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The Effect of School Type on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Indonesia |
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The Effect of School Type on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Indonesia |
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The Effect of School Type on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Indonesia |
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The Effect of School Type on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Indonesia |
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effect of school type on academic achievement: evidence from indonesia |
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Washington, DC : World Bank |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5796127/effect-school-type-academic-achievement-evidence-indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8932 |
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