Is Optimization an Opportunity? An Assessment of the Impact of Class Size and School Size on the Performance of Ukrainian Secondary Schools

Using a rich data set of almost the entire population of Ukrainian secondary schools, the authors estimate the effect of school size and class size on the performance of secondary schools on Ukraine's External Independent Test. They find that...

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Main Authors: Coupe, Tom, Olefir, Anna, Alonso, Juan Diego
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-36472021-04-23T14:02:11Z Is Optimization an Opportunity? An Assessment of the Impact of Class Size and School Size on the Performance of Ukrainian Secondary Schools Coupe, Tom Olefir, Anna Alonso, Juan Diego ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION ACCREDITATION ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT SCORES ACHIEVEMENTS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AVERAGE SCORE BASIC EDUCATION BETTER LEARNING BETTER SCHOOLS BETTER TEACHERS BIRTH RATES BOARDING BOARDING SCHOOLS BUDGET FOR EDUCATION CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLASS-SIZE COUNTRY STUDIES DAILY SCHOOLS DISADVANTAGED STUDENT DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DISCIPLINES ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION LENDING EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS EQUAL ACCESS EXAM EXAM SCORE EXAMS EXPENDITURES FEMALE STUDENTS FINAL GRADE FOREIGN LANGUAGES FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS GENDER COMPOSITION GENDER GAP GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GIRLS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER GRADES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS LANGUAGE CHOICE LANGUAGE POLICY LEVEL OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY SURVEY LITERATURE LOWER SECONDARY LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL MATH ACHIEVEMENT MATH SCORES MATHEMATICS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER NUMBER OF TEACHERS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT PARTICIPATION RATES PEDAGOGY PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPIL RATIOS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHERS READING RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOL RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL NETWORK SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL TYPES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCIENCE SCORES SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALL CLASSES SMALL SCHOOLS SMALLER NUMBER SPECIAL SCHOOLS SPORTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT MOTIVATION STUDENT PARTICIPATION STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT POPULATIONS STUDENT-STAFF RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER QUALITY TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING STAFF TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TYPES OF SCHOOLS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSITY LEVEL UPPER SECONDARY UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL URBAN SCHOOL URBAN SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS YOUTH Using a rich data set of almost the entire population of Ukrainian secondary schools, the authors estimate the effect of school size and class size on the performance of secondary schools on Ukraine's External Independent Test. They find that larger schools tend to have somewhat better performance, both in terms of test scores and in terms of test participation. The size of this effect is relatively small, however, especially in rural areas for which the estimates are likely to be more clean estimates. Class size is found to be insignificant in most specifications and, if significant, of negligible size. 2012-03-19T18:06:09Z 2012-03-19T18:06:09Z 2011-11-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111114095451 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3647 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5879 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia Europe Eastern Europe Commonwealth of Independent States Ukraine
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topic ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
ACCREDITATION
ACHIEVEMENT
ACHIEVEMENT SCORES
ACHIEVEMENTS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
AVERAGE SCORE
BASIC EDUCATION
BETTER LEARNING
BETTER SCHOOLS
BETTER TEACHERS
BIRTH RATES
BOARDING
BOARDING SCHOOLS
BUDGET FOR EDUCATION
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
CLASS SIZE
CLASS SIZES
CLASS-SIZE
COUNTRY STUDIES
DAILY SCHOOLS
DISADVANTAGED STUDENT
DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS
DISCIPLINES
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION LENDING
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION QUALITY
EDUCATION REFORM
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATION SPENDING
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
EQUAL ACCESS
EXAM
EXAM SCORE
EXAMS
EXPENDITURES
FEMALE STUDENTS
FINAL GRADE
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS
GENDER COMPOSITION
GENDER GAP
GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
GIRLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
HIGHER GRADES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS
LANGUAGE CHOICE
LANGUAGE POLICY
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY SURVEY
LITERATURE
LOWER SECONDARY
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
MATH ACHIEVEMENT
MATH SCORES
MATHEMATICS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
PARTICIPATION RATES
PEDAGOGY
PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS
PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS
PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUPIL RATIOS
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF TEACHERS
READING
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL SCHOOL
RURAL SCHOOLS
SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL AUTONOMY
SCHOOL CLIMATE
SCHOOL DIRECTORS
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL NETWORK
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOL YEARS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE SCORES
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SMALL CLASSES
SMALL SCHOOLS
SMALLER NUMBER
SPECIAL SCHOOLS
SPORTS
STUDENT LEARNING
STUDENT MOTIVATION
STUDENT PARTICIPATION
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATIONS
STUDENT-STAFF RATIO
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER INCENTIVES
TEACHER QUALITY
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING STAFF
TEST SCORES
TEXTBOOKS
TYPES OF SCHOOLS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNIVERSITY LEVEL
UPPER SECONDARY
UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION
UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL
URBAN SCHOOL
URBAN SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
YOUTH
spellingShingle ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
ACCREDITATION
ACHIEVEMENT
ACHIEVEMENT SCORES
ACHIEVEMENTS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
AVERAGE SCORE
BASIC EDUCATION
BETTER LEARNING
BETTER SCHOOLS
BETTER TEACHERS
BIRTH RATES
BOARDING
BOARDING SCHOOLS
BUDGET FOR EDUCATION
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
CLASS SIZE
CLASS SIZES
CLASS-SIZE
COUNTRY STUDIES
DAILY SCHOOLS
DISADVANTAGED STUDENT
DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS
DISCIPLINES
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION LENDING
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION QUALITY
EDUCATION REFORM
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATION SPENDING
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
EQUAL ACCESS
EXAM
EXAM SCORE
EXAMS
EXPENDITURES
FEMALE STUDENTS
FINAL GRADE
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS
GENDER COMPOSITION
GENDER GAP
GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
GIRLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
HIGHER GRADES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS
LANGUAGE CHOICE
LANGUAGE POLICY
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY SURVEY
LITERATURE
LOWER SECONDARY
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
MATH ACHIEVEMENT
MATH SCORES
MATHEMATICS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
PARTICIPATION RATES
PEDAGOGY
PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS
PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS
PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUPIL RATIOS
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF TEACHERS
READING
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL SCHOOL
RURAL SCHOOLS
SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL AUTONOMY
SCHOOL CLIMATE
SCHOOL DIRECTORS
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL NETWORK
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOL YEARS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE SCORES
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SMALL CLASSES
SMALL SCHOOLS
SMALLER NUMBER
SPECIAL SCHOOLS
SPORTS
STUDENT LEARNING
STUDENT MOTIVATION
STUDENT PARTICIPATION
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATIONS
STUDENT-STAFF RATIO
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER INCENTIVES
TEACHER QUALITY
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING STAFF
TEST SCORES
TEXTBOOKS
TYPES OF SCHOOLS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNIVERSITY LEVEL
UPPER SECONDARY
UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION
UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL
URBAN SCHOOL
URBAN SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
YOUTH
Coupe, Tom
Olefir, Anna
Alonso, Juan Diego
Is Optimization an Opportunity? An Assessment of the Impact of Class Size and School Size on the Performance of Ukrainian Secondary Schools
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Europe and Central Asia
Europe
Eastern Europe
Commonwealth of Independent States
Ukraine
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5879
description Using a rich data set of almost the entire population of Ukrainian secondary schools, the authors estimate the effect of school size and class size on the performance of secondary schools on Ukraine's External Independent Test. They find that larger schools tend to have somewhat better performance, both in terms of test scores and in terms of test participation. The size of this effect is relatively small, however, especially in rural areas for which the estimates are likely to be more clean estimates. Class size is found to be insignificant in most specifications and, if significant, of negligible size.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Coupe, Tom
Olefir, Anna
Alonso, Juan Diego
author_facet Coupe, Tom
Olefir, Anna
Alonso, Juan Diego
author_sort Coupe, Tom
title Is Optimization an Opportunity? An Assessment of the Impact of Class Size and School Size on the Performance of Ukrainian Secondary Schools
title_short Is Optimization an Opportunity? An Assessment of the Impact of Class Size and School Size on the Performance of Ukrainian Secondary Schools
title_full Is Optimization an Opportunity? An Assessment of the Impact of Class Size and School Size on the Performance of Ukrainian Secondary Schools
title_fullStr Is Optimization an Opportunity? An Assessment of the Impact of Class Size and School Size on the Performance of Ukrainian Secondary Schools
title_full_unstemmed Is Optimization an Opportunity? An Assessment of the Impact of Class Size and School Size on the Performance of Ukrainian Secondary Schools
title_sort is optimization an opportunity? an assessment of the impact of class size and school size on the performance of ukrainian secondary schools
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111114095451
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