Short-run Learning Dynamics under a Test-based Accountability System : Evidence from Pakistan
Low student learning is a common finding in much of the developing world. This paper uses a relatively unique dataset of five semiannual rounds of standardized test data to characterize and explain the short-term changes in student learning. The da...
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ACADEMIC YEAR ACADEMIC YEARS ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RECORDS ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT BINDING BLACKBOARDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS CLASSROOM CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM SPACE CLASSROOMS COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM DEGREES EDUCATION ASSESSMENT EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS ENROLLMENT FIGURES ENROLLMENT INCREASES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPENDITURES FORMAL SCHOOLING GENDER PARITY GIRLS GIRLS ENROLLMENT HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HOMEWORK HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY INDEXES LEARNERS LEARNING LEARNING LEVELS LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERATURE MATHEMATICS MIDDLE SCHOOLS NATIONAL CURRICULUM NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUTRITION PAPERS PASS RATE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY STANDARDS RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS SCHOOL EFFECTS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOL INSPECTIONS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL TEACHER SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOL VOUCHERS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALL SCHOOLS STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT SCORES STUDENT SUBSIDIES STUDENT SUBSIDY SUBJECT SPECIALIST SUBJECT SPECIALISTS SUBJECTS SYLLABI TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER CREDENTIALS TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEACHING TOOLS TEST ADMINISTRATION TEST SCORES TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK BOARD TEXTBOOKS TRAINING COURSES TUITION TUITION PAYMENTS TUTORING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VERNACULAR LANGUAGE |
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ACADEMIC YEAR ACADEMIC YEARS ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RECORDS ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT BINDING BLACKBOARDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS CLASSROOM CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM SPACE CLASSROOMS COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM DEGREES EDUCATION ASSESSMENT EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS ENROLLMENT FIGURES ENROLLMENT INCREASES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPENDITURES FORMAL SCHOOLING GENDER PARITY GIRLS GIRLS ENROLLMENT HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HOMEWORK HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY INDEXES LEARNERS LEARNING LEARNING LEVELS LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERATURE MATHEMATICS MIDDLE SCHOOLS NATIONAL CURRICULUM NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUTRITION PAPERS PASS RATE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY STANDARDS RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS SCHOOL EFFECTS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOL INSPECTIONS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL TEACHER SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOL VOUCHERS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALL SCHOOLS STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT SCORES STUDENT SUBSIDIES STUDENT SUBSIDY SUBJECT SPECIALIST SUBJECT SPECIALISTS SUBJECTS SYLLABI TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER CREDENTIALS TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEACHING TOOLS TEST ADMINISTRATION TEST SCORES TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK BOARD TEXTBOOKS TRAINING COURSES TUITION TUITION PAYMENTS TUTORING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VERNACULAR LANGUAGE Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Raju, Dhushyanth Short-run Learning Dynamics under a Test-based Accountability System : Evidence from Pakistan |
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South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Pakistan |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5465 |
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Low student learning is a common finding
in much of the developing world. This paper uses a
relatively unique dataset of five semiannual rounds of
standardized test data to characterize and explain the
short-term changes in student learning. The data are
collected as part of the quality assurance system for a
public-private partnership program that offers public
subsidies conditional on minimum learning levels to low-cost
private schools in Pakistan. Apart from a large positive
distributional shift in learning between the first two test
rounds, the learning distributions over test rounds show
little progress. Schools are ejected from the program if
they fail to achieve a minimum pass rate in the test in two
consecutive attempts, making the test high stakes. Sharp
regression discontinuity estimates show that the threat of
program exit on schools that barely failed the test for the
first time induces large learning gains. The large change in
learning between the first two test rounds is likely
attributable to this accountability pressure given that a
large share of new program entrants failed in the first test
round. Schools also qualify for substantial annual teacher
bonuses if they achieve a minimum score in a composite
measure of student test participation and mean test score.
Sharp regression discontinuity estimates do not show that
the prospect of future teacher bonus rewards induces
learning gains for schools that barely did not qualify for
the bonus. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Raju, Dhushyanth |
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Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Raju, Dhushyanth |
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Barrera-Osorio, Felipe |
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Short-run Learning Dynamics under a Test-based Accountability System : Evidence from Pakistan |
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Short-run Learning Dynamics under a Test-based Accountability System : Evidence from Pakistan |
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Short-run Learning Dynamics under a Test-based Accountability System : Evidence from Pakistan |
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Short-run Learning Dynamics under a Test-based Accountability System : Evidence from Pakistan |
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Short-run Learning Dynamics under a Test-based Accountability System : Evidence from Pakistan |
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short-run learning dynamics under a test-based accountability system : evidence from pakistan |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-39462021-04-23T14:02:14Z Short-run Learning Dynamics under a Test-based Accountability System : Evidence from Pakistan Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Raju, Dhushyanth ACADEMIC YEAR ACADEMIC YEARS ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RECORDS ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT BINDING BLACKBOARDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS CLASSROOM CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM SPACE CLASSROOMS COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM DEGREES EDUCATION ASSESSMENT EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS ENROLLMENT FIGURES ENROLLMENT INCREASES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPENDITURES FORMAL SCHOOLING GENDER PARITY GIRLS GIRLS ENROLLMENT HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HOMEWORK HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY INDEXES LEARNERS LEARNING LEARNING LEVELS LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERATURE MATHEMATICS MIDDLE SCHOOLS NATIONAL CURRICULUM NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUTRITION PAPERS PASS RATE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY STANDARDS RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS SCHOOL EFFECTS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOL INSPECTIONS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL TEACHER SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOL VOUCHERS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SMALL SCHOOLS STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT SCORES STUDENT SUBSIDIES STUDENT SUBSIDY SUBJECT SPECIALIST SUBJECT SPECIALISTS SUBJECTS SYLLABI TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER CREDENTIALS TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEACHING TOOLS TEST ADMINISTRATION TEST SCORES TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK BOARD TEXTBOOKS TRAINING COURSES TUITION TUITION PAYMENTS TUTORING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VERNACULAR LANGUAGE Low student learning is a common finding in much of the developing world. This paper uses a relatively unique dataset of five semiannual rounds of standardized test data to characterize and explain the short-term changes in student learning. The data are collected as part of the quality assurance system for a public-private partnership program that offers public subsidies conditional on minimum learning levels to low-cost private schools in Pakistan. Apart from a large positive distributional shift in learning between the first two test rounds, the learning distributions over test rounds show little progress. Schools are ejected from the program if they fail to achieve a minimum pass rate in the test in two consecutive attempts, making the test high stakes. Sharp regression discontinuity estimates show that the threat of program exit on schools that barely failed the test for the first time induces large learning gains. The large change in learning between the first two test rounds is likely attributable to this accountability pressure given that a large share of new program entrants failed in the first test round. Schools also qualify for substantial annual teacher bonuses if they achieve a minimum score in a composite measure of student test participation and mean test score. Sharp regression discontinuity estimates do not show that the prospect of future teacher bonus rewards induces learning gains for schools that barely did not qualify for the bonus. 2012-03-19T18:42:38Z 2012-03-19T18:42:38Z 2010-11-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101101161208 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3946 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5465 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Pakistan |