Families, Schools, and Primary-School Learning : Evidence for Argentina and Colombia in an International Perspective

This paper estimates the relationship between family background, school characteristics, and student achievement in primary school in two Latin American countries, Argentina and Colombia, as well as several comparison countries. The database used is the student-level international achievement data o...

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Main Authors:	Woessmann, Ludger, Fuchs, Thomas
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABILITY ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ADAPTATION ADDITION BASIC LITERACY BASIC SKILLS CARE CENTERS CLASS SIZE CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMPETENCIES COMPUTER SOFTWARE CURRICULA CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION EARLY LEARNING EDUCATION EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL QUANTITY ENROLLMENT FAMILIES FIRST GRADE FRACTIONS GENDER GIRLS HOMEWORK IMMIGRATION INSTRUCTION KINDERGARTEN KINDERGARTENS LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LET LITERACY MANAGERS MOBILITY PAPERS PARENTS PERCEPTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFITABILITY OF EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RATES OF RETURN READING READING INSTRUCTION REPETITION RURAL AREAS SCHOOL EFFECTS SCHOOL FACTORS SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL POLICIES SCHOOLING SCHOOLS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHER TEACHER BACKGROUND TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING OF READING TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS WORKBOOKS WORKERS WRITTEN LANGUAGE YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/5780377/families-schools-primary-school-learning-evidence-argentina-colombia-international-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8924

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/5780377/families-schools-primary-school-learning-evidence-argentina-colombia-international-perspective
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8924

Families, Schools, and Primary-School Learning : Evidence for Argentina and Colombia in an International Perspective

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