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Supply-Side Interventions and Student Learning in Guatemala
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Vasquez, William F. – International Review of Education, 2012
This paper presents estimates of production functions of reading and mathematics test scores to assess the effects of supply-side interventions, such as the provision of a community-based school management programme, bilingual education and multigrade teaching, on student learning in Guatemala. The efficiency and consistency of the estimates is…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Education, Multigraded Classes
Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in a Complex Context
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Herrera, Lazaro Moreno; Wedin, Asa – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2010
This article is based on results from a baseline study for an intended intervention project in bilingual-intercultural education in the Municipality of San Miguel Ixtahuacan, in the Department of San Marcos, Guatemala. To a great extent the article deals with issues of bilingual education from the perspective of social justice. It analyses the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Multicultural Education, Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries
Costs and Benefits of Bilingual Education in Guatemala: A Partial Analysis
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Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Velez, Eduardo – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
The benefits of bilingual education for a disadvantaged indigenous population as an investment in human capital are significant. Students of bilingual schools in Guatemala have higher attendance and promotion rates, and lower repetition and dropout rates. Bilingual students receive higher scores on all subject matters, including mastery of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Human Capital, Indigenous Populations, Dropout Rate