Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets

This paper studies study the impact of providing school and child test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half of the sample villages (markets) receive...

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Main Authors:	Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SKILLS SCHOOL TEACHERS BLACKBOARDS TEACHERS PRIVATE SCHOOLS DROPOUT RATE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS SCHOOLING ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT QUALITY SCHOOLS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL SURVEYS GROUPS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT PRIVATE SCHOOLING INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION HEAD TEACHER PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATE NUMBER OF STUDENTS HIGHER ENROLLMENT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POOR PEOPLE TEACHER PERFORMANCE OPEN SCHOOLS SCHOOL CENSUS ADULTS RURAL POPULATION LITERACY ADULT LITERACY RATE TEXTBOOKS KNOWLEDGE EDUCATION SECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ENROLMENTS LITERACY RATE SCHOOL IMPACTS SCHOOL TIME SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIMARY ENROLLMENT SCHOOL GOING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL POPULATIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL PARENTAL EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ILLITERATE PARENTS LEARNING SCHOOL SURVEY DATA SCHOOL QUALITY PRIMARY DETERMINANT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHING SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL SURVEY CHILD CARE VILLAGE LEVEL EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATED WOMEN PRIMARY SCHOOLS READING FEMALE MEMBER SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL YEAR ENROLLMENT INCREASES DROPOUT RATES EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS LITERACY SKILLS STUDENT POPULATION ENROLLMENT RATES SCHOOL FEES VALUES SCHOOLS HEAD TEACHERS PARTICIPATION CURRICULA PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS PROVISION OF EDUCATION AVERAGE SCORE TEACHER RATIOS SCHOOL FEE PRIVATE EDUCATION OLDER CHILDREN REPORT CARDS HIGHER TEST SCORES SCHOOL COST EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS CURRICULUM TEACHER SUBJECT CURRICULA CHILDREN FORMAL PRIMARY EDUCATION EDUCATION INVESTMENT CLASS SIZES TEACHER SUPPLY INSTRUCTION SCHOOL CENSUSES GIRLS PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS SCHOOL GOVERNANCE EXCLUSION OF TEACHERS STUDENT ATTENDANCE INTERVENTIONS NET ENROLLMENT FEES PRIMARY EDUCATION WOMEN QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL ENROLMENTS FEMALE SCHOOLING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT RETURNS TO EDUCATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24220579/report-cards-impact-providing-school-child-test-scores-educational-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21670

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Summary:	This paper studies study the impact of providing school and child test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half of the sample villages (markets) received report cards. This increased test scores by 0.11 standard deviations, decreased private school fees by 17 percent, and increased primary enrollment by 4.5 percent. Heterogeneity in the treatment impact by initial school quality is consistent with canonical models of asymmetric information. Information provision facilitates better comparisons across providers, improves market efficiency and raises child welfare through higher test scores, higher enrollment, and lower fees.

Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets

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