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The Promise of Mobility in a Context of Constraint: The International Baccalaureate in a Low-Income Public School in Ecuador
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Bittencourt, Tiago – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
In 2012, Ecuador signed an agreement to introduce the International Baccalaureate into the country's public-schools. Once considered an emblematic policy of former president Correa's administration, the initiative is now questioned and its future uncertain. This ethnographic study strives to write against the commonly invoked deficit narratives…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advanced Placement Programs, Public Schools, Social Mobility
Evaluating the Impact of the International Baccalaureate: An Analysis in Ecuador
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Ponce, Juan; Intriago, Ruthy – Journal of Research in International Education, 2022
This study provides an evaluation of the impact of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme introduced in 2006 to 200 public schools in Ecuador. Using a combination of different methodologies in order to have a credible identification strategy, we find that the International Baccalaureate Diploma has a positive impact on academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advanced Placement Programs, Public Schools, Program Evaluation