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Sandefur, Justin; Pritchett, Lant; Beatty, Amanda – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
The differential patterns of grade progression have direct implications for the calculation of learning profiles. Researchers measure learning in primary school using survey data on reading and math skills of a nationally representative, population-based sample of children in India, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Research demonstrates that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills
Bold, Tessa; Kimenyi, Mwangi S.; Mwabu, Germano; Sandefur, Justin – Brookings Institution, 2013
A large empirical literature has shown that user fees significantly deter public service utilization in developing countries. While most of these results reflect partial equilibrium analysis, we find that the nationwide abolition of public school fees in Kenya in 2003 led to no increase in net public enrollment rates, but rather a dramatic shift…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Public Schools, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries