School Grants and Education Quality : Experimental Evidence from Senegal

School Grants and Education Quality : Experimental Evidence from Senegal

The effect of increasing school resources on educational outcomes is a central issue in the debate on improving school quality. This paper uses a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which allowed schoo...

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Main Authors: Carneiro, Pedro, Koussihouede, Oswald, Lahire, Nathalie, Meghir, Costas, Mommaerts, Corina
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
SKILLS
TEACHER TURNOVER
TEACHER BEHAVIORS
COLLEGE
TEACHERS
EDUCATION AUTHORITIES
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOLING
TUITION
ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
EDUCATION POLICY
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
NUMBER OF PUPILS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
PAPERS
EDUCATION QUALITY
LITERACY RATES
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
OPEN ACCESS
SCHOOL PROJECTS
LITERACY
TEXTBOOKS
KNOWLEDGE
COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION
PRINCIPALS
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
TRAINING
TEACHER TRAINING
TESTS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
GRADUATE
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
MOBILITY
SCHOOL PROJECT
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
SECONDARY SCHOOL
GRANT PROGRAMS
STUDENT OUTCOMES
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
EDUCATION BUDGET
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
SCHOOL AUTONOMY
LEARNING
DISTANCE TO SCHOOL
RESEARCH
SCHOOL QUALITY
TUTORING
TEACHER SALARIES
PRIMARY SCHOOL
TEACHING
GROSS ENROLLMENT
TEST SCORES
SCHOOL LEVEL
RADIO
TESTING
GRANTS
TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
ASSESSMENTS
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
READING
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
STUDENT BEHAVIOR
HUMAN CAPITAL
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOL MATERIALS
STUDY
STUDIES
ENROLLMENT RATES
SCIENCE
EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS
VALUES
STUDENT
SCHOOLS
PARTICIPATION
LEARNING OUTCOMES
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
CLASSROOM CHARACTERISTICS
ACHIEVEMENT
EXPENDITURES
LITERATURE
EARLY CHILDHOOD
CLASS SIZE
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
TEACHER
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
REPETITION
CALL
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
FEMALE STUDENTS
CLASSROOM MATERIALS
PEDAGOGICAL RESOURCES
EDUCATION
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
STATISTICS
HUMAN RESOURCES
READING COMPREHENSION
TRAINING OF TEACHERS
INSTRUCTION
SCHOOL FUNDING
DECENTRALIZATION
PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS
EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT
INTERVENTIONS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
FEES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLS
TEACHER QUALITY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
CLASSROOM
SCHOOL
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
STUDENT LEARNING
ACADEMIC YEAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26184566/school-grants-education-quality-experimental-evidence-senegal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24166
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Summary:The effect of increasing school resources on educational outcomes is a central issue in the debate on improving school quality. This paper uses a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which allowed schools to apply for funding for improvements of their own choice. The analysis finds positive effects on test scores at lower grades that persist at least two years. These effects are concentrated among schools that focused funds on human resource improvements rather than school materials, suggesting that teachers and principals may be a central determinant of school quality.

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