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Leave Them Kids Alone! The Effects of Abolishing Grade Repetition: Evidence from a Nationwide Reform
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Direct linkCabrera-Hernandez, Francisco – Education Economics, 2022
This paper evaluates the impact on dropout rates of a policy change in Mexico that eliminates grade retention for all first to third-grade students, causing a sharp reduction in repetition rates. I use a 12-year panel of schools to exploit such variation and estimate Difference-in-Difference models showing an average decrease in dropout rates of…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Educational Change, Dropout Rate, Educational Policy
Download full textTang, Shifang; Wang, Zhuoying; Min, Yue – Education Sciences, 2019
This study focuses on comparing the growth trajectory of border and non-border school districts regarding their fifth-grade students' performance on a standardized reading test. Using a growth hierarchical linear model, we investigated the effect of time, school location, and their interaction on students' reading performance through the State of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Districts, High Stakes Tests, Reading Tests
Rodriguez-Oramas, Alfonso; Morla-Folch, Teresa; Vieites Casado, Maria; Ruiz-Eugenio, Laura – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2022
Research shows that family involvement in learning activities at school improves students' academic performance and social cohesion. This study analyses the impact of involving families through interactive groups, dialogic literary gatherings and tutored library in a Mexican primary school in a highly underprivileged urban area, within the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Learning Activities, Social Integration
Zhen, Fubiao; Tong, Fuhui – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
This study examined the effectiveness of a literacy-infused science (LIS) intervention on science learning of ELs from rural schools in the U.S.-Mexico border area. The intervention consists of teacher-level virtual professional development (VPD) and virtual mentoring and coaching (VMC), as well as a student-level LIS curriculum. Results from…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Intervention, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
Gertler, Paul; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
Previous evaluations from Mexico are limited. The urban school-based management program, Programa Escuelas de Calidad (PEC), was analyzed using panel data regression analysis and propensity score matching. Participation in PEC is found to lead to decreases in dropout, failure and repetition rates. An evaluation of the rural parental empowerment…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Dropouts, Academic Achievement, School Based Management
Bando, Rosangela – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Institutional reforms have been proposed to improve the delivery and financing of education. School Based Management (SBM) is one such institutional reform where decision making is transferred to the school level. Funds are transferred directly to the school and parents, along with teachers and the principal, allocate and oversee the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
