Different Paths to Student Learning : Good Practices and Student Performance - Identifying Success from Municipal School Systems in Brazil
The importance of education to the socioeconomic and political development of nations is widely discussed in the education policy literature. This study seeks to identify the good policies and practices that lead students in some municipal school s...
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| Format: | Education Sector Review |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/16242915/different-paths-student-learning-good-practices-student-performance-identifying-success-municipal-school-systems-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7961 |
| Summary: | The importance of education to the
socioeconomic and political development of nations is widely
discussed in the education policy literature. This study
seeks to identify the good policies and practices that lead
students in some municipal school systems in Brazil to
obtain better results than would be expected based purely on
socioeconomic factors. This report is divided into four
sections. The next section, section two, explains in detail
the rationale and motivation for the study. Section three
explains the conceptual framework for the qualitative field
research. It provides a succinct but detailed explanation of
the methodology used, elaborating on issues such as the
definition of study samples and the design of the field
research instruments. Section four presents the main results
of the analysis and identifies the principal education
policy factors that appeared to help some municipal school
systems obtain better-than-expected Prova Brasil results.
Section five presents 12 municipal 'success
stories' in a loose narrative format. These narratives
serve as examples of how different combinations of good
practices can translate into results in a variety of actual
situations. Lastly, we offer some final considerations in closing. |
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