No More Cutting Class? Reducing Teacher Absence and Providing Incentives for Performance

Expanding and improving basic education in developing countries requires, at a minimum, teachers who are present in the classroom and motivated to teach, but this essential input is often missing. This paper describes the findings of a series of r...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Rogers, F. Halsey, Vegas, Emiliana
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACADEMIC RIGOR ADEQUATE FACILITIES ATTENDANCE RATES ATTENDANCE RECORDS AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS BASIC EDUCATION BETTER TEACHERS CALL CAREER CAREERS CIVIL SERVICE CLASS SIZES CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMPLETION RATES CONVENTIONAL SCHOOLS DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION OFFICES EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION STATISTICS EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACCESS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC MINORITY EXAM EXAMS EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOLS GROUPS OF TEACHERS HEAD TEACHERS HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLS HOMEWORK HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS INTERVENTIONS JOB SECURITY LABOR MARKETS LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS LEARNING LEVELS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING PROCESS LET LITERATURE LOWER SECONDARY LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL MATH SCORES MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOTIVATION OF TEACHERS NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUTRITION PAPERS PEDAGOGY POOR PEOPLE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY OF TEACHERS READING REMOTE SCHOOLS RESEARCHERS RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOLS RURAL TEACHERS SALARY INCREASES SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL DAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL FINANCE SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NUTRITION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SPECIAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS STUDENT ABSENTEEISM STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE SUBJECT MATTER SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER ATTENDANCE RATES TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER MANAGEMENT TEACHER MOBILITY TEACHER PAY TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER TURNOVER TEACHERS TEACHERS SALARY TEACHERS UNIONS TEACHING TEACHING DUTIES TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING POSITIONS TENURE TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES UNIVERSITY DEGREE URBAN SCHOOL URBAN SCHOOLS WORK ENVIRONMENT WORKERS YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090226142341 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4043

Internet

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090226142341
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4043

No More Cutting Class? Reducing Teacher Absence and Providing Incentives for Performance

Internet

Similar Items