Education and Learning
In the past several years, there have been improvements in Peruvian education. For example, enrollment rates have increased, and there is an observable trend toward improvement in standardized test scores. However, there is still much to be done in terms of the quality, equality, and relevance of education in Peru.
Therefore, all GRADE studies focus on identifying the existing challenges for the Peruvian educational system in achieving its intended impact on society. In these studies, GRADE researchers place significant emphasis on educational inequality. As such, our researchers have conducted studies on the effects of poverty, living in rural areas, race and ethnicity (with a focus on indigenous peoples and the Afro-Peruvian community), and disability on educational opportunities and success. GRADE researchers have likewise incorporated a gender component into many studies.
Informed by these studies as well as others, GRADE researchers have been directly involved in policy debates in numerous sectors of government, including those of the Ministry of Education and other institutions working on topics in education.
Senior Researchers
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Lorena Alcázar Valdivia
PhD en Economics - Washington University
Lorena has a BA in Economics from the Pacific University in Peru, a Master’s Degree in Political and International Economy from the Kiel Institute of World Economics, and a PhD in Economics from Washington University. She is currently a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE). Previously, she served as Vice-President […]
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María Balarin Bonazzi
PhD en Educational Policy - University of Bath
María is a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) where she has a broad portfolio of both applied and academic research. Her applied work focuses on the analysis and qualitative evaluation of educational and social policies, with a special focus on processes of policy implementation. Her academic work has mostly focused […]
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Martín Benavides Abanto (on leave)
PhD en Sociology - Pennsylvania State University
Martín Benavides has a PhD in Sociology from Pennsylvania State University where he also attained a Master’s Degree in Education Policy. He has a degree in Sociology and a BA in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and has been a visiting student on issues of social mobility and inequality at Nuffield College […]
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Santiago Cueto Caballero
PhD en Educational Psychology - Indiana University
Santiago Cueto holds a degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a PhD in the same field from Indiana University in the United States. He has been a Visiting Researcher at the University of California at Davis and the University of Oxford. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE, […]
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Gabriela Guerrero Barnechea
PhD en Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
Gabriela Guerrero has a PhD in Educational Sciences from the KU Leuven in Belgium and a Master’s Degree in Development Studies with a major in Public Policy from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She is currently a […]
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Juan León Jara-Almonte
PhD en - Pennsylvania State University
Juan has a PhD in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education from Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences with mention in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE. His research interests are inequality in education, intercultural bilingual education, early […]
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Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui
M.A. en Sociology - Johns Hopkins University
Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui graduated in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She obtained her MA and concluded her doctoral studies in Sociology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She has worked for GRADE as a Senior Researcher since 1985 and was Executive Director of the institution between 1988 and 1998. Her […]
Associated Researchers
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Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia
PhD candidate en - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Vanessa is studying for a PhD in Sociology at Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She has a degree in Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Her work has focused on the anthropology of education and childhood, addressing issues of educational transitions, child welfare, educational quality and power relations. During 2012, she […]
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Néstor Valdivia Vargas
PhD candidate en Sociology - El Colegio de México
Néstor Valdivia is studying for a PhD in Sociology at El Colegio de México and holds a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is currently an Associate Researcher at GRADE in the fields of poverty and equality, education, the labor market and human development. He has worked on development and […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Antonio Campos Flores
PhD candidate en - University of San Andrés, Argentina
Antonio is a PhD Candidate in Economics from the University of San Andrés in Argentina. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of San Andrés and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. He has been a coordinator of educational policy evaluations at the Ministry of […]
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Liliana Miranda Molina
Master en - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Liliana has a master’s degree in Education Research from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). She worked at the Ministry of Education (MINEDU), first as Head of MINEDU’s Quality Measurement Unit and then as Vice-Minister of Pedagogical Management. Currently, Liliana is an Adjunct […]
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María Fernanda Rodríguez García
Master en - Cambridge University
María Fernanda holds a master’s degree in Education, Globalization & International Development from Cambridge University in United Kingdom and a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She returns to GRADE as an Adjunct Researcher.
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Paola Sarmiento Huerta
Master in Arts en - University of British Columbia
Paola holds a MA on Educational Policy from University of British Columbia (UBC) and has a degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She has been part of educational reform processes in Peru such as the Public Teaching Career and the University Reform. In addition, she has been a member of the […]
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Claudia Sugimaru Arakaki
Máster en Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
Claudia holds a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences from KU Leuven in Belgium and a degree in Psychology with a major in Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Currently, she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE.
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Jessica Tapia Soriano
Master en - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Jessica holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with an orientation on Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. Currently she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE and the Pedagogical Coordinator of the Growing with Multigrade Rural Schools in Peru (CREER) Project.
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Verónica Villarán Bedoya
Master en - Social Sciences with an orientation on Education
Verónica holds a Degree in Social Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with an orientation on Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. Between 2011 and 2014 she worked at the Ministry of Education, first as Director of Educational Research and Documentation and […]
Assistant Researchers
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Mauricio Saavedra Sánchez
Degree en -
Mauricio holds a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and studies the master in Political Science and Goverment from the same university. He returns to GRADE as an Assistant Researcher for the E-Tech Initiative project: where are we and how research can help learning in the developing world?
External Consultants
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Marcela Ponce de León
Master en - University College London
Marcela holds a Master in Policy Studies in Education from the University College London, UK and has a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She returns to GRADE as a consultant for the “Design of an evidence-based project on early childhood development in Peru for the Porticus Foundation” project lead by Gabriela […]
Research Assistants
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Gera Ríos Espinoza
Graduate en -
Gera is a graduate of Economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Gera is a research assistant in the “Conecta Ideas” project.
Project Support Staff
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Mónica Lizama Egoavil
Degree en - National Agrarian University
Mónica studied Statistical and Computer Science Engineer at the National University Agrarian La Molina. Currently she is the Data Manager for Young Lives in Peru. Before joining Young Lives, Mónica worked as a statistics assistant at the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics (INEI) and the International Nutrition Institute (IIN).
External Affiliated Researchers
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David Baker
PhD en - Johns Hopkins University
David P. Baker is Professor of Education and Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on the impact of education on individuals and societies, international comparisons of school organization, academic outcomes, and educational policy. His most recent book is The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture. Palo Alto CA: Stanford University […]
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Jere R. Behrman
Ph.D. en - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Behrman is a leading international researcher in empirical microeconomics, with emphasis on developing economies. He is also a Research Associate at Penn’s Population Studies Center. His research interests include empirical microeconomics, labor economics, human resources (early childhood development, education, health, nutrition), project evaluation, economic demography, incentive systems and household behaviors. The unifying dimension of […]
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Marjorie Chinen
PhD en - University of California
Marjorie is a Ph.D. in Education with emphasis on Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Research Methodology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has over 15 years of experience in project management, technical assistance, research and fieldwork in international development. She has led multiple projects in different areas of education, and designed and […]
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Marta Favara
PhD en - University of Essex
Marta is a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford where she is leading the quantitative research agenda of Young Lives since 2015. She is also a Research Fellow at the Oxford Martin School Programme on African Governance and an IZA Research Affiliate. Before joining Young Lives, she […]
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Sonia Laszlo
PhD en - University of Toronto
Sonia Laszlo is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development. Her main research areas cover many aspects of applied microeconomic analysis in economic development: rural development, access to markets, and the relationship between income, health and education in economic development. In addition to using traditional analytic tools […]
Visiting Researchers
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Claudia Galindo
PhD en - Pennsylvania State University
Claudia holds a Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education from Pennsylvania State University, and a post-doctoral degree in Social Organization of Schools from Johns Hopkins University. She is an Associated Professor at University of Maryland, Baltimore County where she teaches in the fields of educational inequalities, inmigration and research methodologies.
Publications
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JournalWorld Development
Challenges in using RCTs for evaluation of large-scale public programs with complex designs: Lessons from Peru
2020 Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce
The use of randomized control trials (RCTs) to evaluate public policies and interventions in developing countries faces several challenges. These include limited budgets to finance sample designs and sample sizes required to evaluate multifaceted interventions, potential small-sample bias arising from such limited samples, and difficulties in random assignment when participants self-exclude from parts of the […]
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The power of believing you can get smarter the impact of a growth-mindset intervention on academic achievement in Peru
2020 Ingo W. Outes-Leon, Alan Sanchez, Renos Vakis
This paper evaluates the academic impact of a growth-mindset intervention on students starting the secondary level in public schools in urban Peru. ¡Expande tu Mente! is a 90-minute school session aimed at instilling the notion that a person´s own intelligence is malleable. Students in schools randomly assigned to treatment showed a small improvement in math […]
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Impacto de la carrera pública magisterial sobre rendimiento académico y competencias socioemocionales de estudiantes
2020 Miguel Puch, Ana Salas
La educación en el Perú llega a muchos, pero sirve a pocos. Esta frase que da título al libro de Beltrán y Seinfeld (2013), expresa en unas pocas palabras la problemática de la educación en el Perú: los niños, niñas y adolescentes acceden a un servicio educativo, pero a uno de baja calidad (Banco Mundial, […]
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El acompañamiento pedagógico como estrategia de formación docente en servicio: reflexiones para el contexto peruano
2019 Maria Balarin, Aurora Escudero
In agreement with the team of the Office for Teacher Training in Service (DIFODS) of the Ministry of Education (MINEDU), this document contributes to the construction of the institutional theoretical reference that supports the ministerial commitment to the pedagogical support as the main strategy formative The document has allowed aligning approaches, supporting them in the light of international […]
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Brechas que perduran: una radiografía de la exclusión social en Perú
2019 Lorena Alcazar
Peru achieved many of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before the 2015 deadline, a sign of the great economic and social advances of recent decades. However, the high levels of heterogeneity that persist in the development indicators show the high inequalities in the country, particularly in relation to traditionally excluded groups such as women, indigenous […]
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Evolution of Teachers’ Salaries in Latin America at the Turn of the 20th Century: How Much Are They (Under or Over) Paid?
2012,
How much are teachers paid in comparison to those in other professions in Latin America? How have these differences evolved at the turn of the 20th century? This paper reports the evolution, between circa 1997 and circa 2007, of teachers´ salaries vis-à-vis workers in other professional and technical occupations for thirteen Latin-American countries. After controlling […]
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El gobierno de la educación en Inglaterra y Perú: una mirada comparada desde la economía política
2012Maria Balarin,
Este trabajo explora los cambios que han redefinido las escalas en las que se gobiernan los servicios educativos, y los actores responsables, en dos casos particulares: Inglaterra y el Perú.
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Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program
2012Julián Cristiá, Santiago Cueto, , , ,
This paper presents the impact of the first large-scale randomized evaluation of the OLPC program, using data collected after 15 months of implementation in 319 primary schools in rural Peru.
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Políticas de ciencia, tecnología e innovación
2011Juana Kuramoto, Juan Jose Diaz,
El documento centra las políticas de ciencia, tecnología e innovación que deberá adoptar el próximo gobierno para garantizar la sostenibilidad del crecimiento económico experimentado en los últimos once años.
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Teachers’ Salaries in Latin America: How Much Are They (Under or Over) Paid?
2011,
The paper documents the extent to which teachers are underpaid vis-à-vis workers in other professional and technical occupations in Latin America circa 2007. These labor earnings differences, attributed to observable socio-demographic and job characteristics, are assessed using a matching methodology (Ñopo, 2008). Teachers’ underpayment is found to be stronger than what has been previously reported […]
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JournalPublic Health Nutrition
Breakfast and dietary balance: the enKid study: breakfast and performance
2001Santiago Cueto,
Evidence suggests that the effect of fasting on performance in not uniform, but it is dependent on the basal nutritional status of the subject.
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JournalTarea
Las políticas educativas durante los noventa en el Perú
2000Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui,
ste artículo de Arregui sintetiza los avances registrados en la cobertura del sistema educativo nacional así como los problemas persistentes en el acceso a oportunidades de los grupos poblacionales más vulnerables.
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JournalDesarrollo productivo
El mercado de tierras en el Peru: análisis institucional y económico
1999Eduardo Zegarra,
En el primer volumen se analizan de manera sistemática algunos de los elementos conformantes del "contexto institucional" en que funciona el mercado de tierras en el Perú.
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JournalInternational Review of Education
Determinant of school performance among Quechua children in the Peruvian Andes
1999, Santiago Cueto,
In the rural Andes of Peru, primary school inefficiency ranks higher than in the rest of the country, with a nearly 50 per cent rate of first grade repetition.
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Projects
News
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Hugo Ñopo on gender equity in Peru. A Channel N interview
September 30, 2017 Education and learning, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship
“In order for an average Peruvian household to be able to function normally, it requires some 30-32 hours of unpaid domestic work, of whic 24 are female. With these great disparities within households, men and women go to work and to study; they are in other markets with very important differences of opportunity”. Watch the interview with Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher […]
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Hugo Ñopo on TV Peru News: the current situation of education
September 29, 2017 Education and learning
“Only with a combination of better salaries and better consideration of excellence, the teaching career will progress. This a long-term task”, said our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, on TV Peru News. This and other issues on the current situation of education in Peru were discussed by Hugo, after Idel Vexler was appointed as the new Minister […]
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La huelga de maestros en el Perú puede haber terminado, pero sus reclamos persisten
September 14, 2017 Education and learning, State reform and public institutions
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University of Lima and GRADE held the fourth annual congress of the Peruvian Economic Association APE 2017
August 29, 2017 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
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Hugo Ñopo: “An educational system that is not renewed, can hardly improve”
August 28, 2017 Education and learning
GRADE’s senior researcher and education expert, Hugo Ñopo, stands up on the relevance of “evaluations with consequences” for teachers and highlights dialogue as a tool to end the teachers’ strike. The interview was published in Publimetro.
Events
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Santiago Cueto will be a speaker at the Educating with Evidence International Conference held by the Ministry of Education of Chile
23/08/2018 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Hotel Crowne Plaza, Santiago de Chile, Chile Education and learning
Which are the international experiences on the use of evidence for designing better public policies in education? Our Executive Director, Santiago Cueto, will be a speaker at the Education with Evidence International Conference: Public Policies based on measurement, held by the Curriculum and Evaluation Unit of the Ministry of Education of Chile.
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Investigadores de GRADE en el congreso anual 2018 de la Asociación Peruana de Economía
02/08/2018 → 03/07/2018 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Universidad de Piura (Av. Ramón Mugica 131, Urb. San Eduardo, Piura) Education and learning
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Sri Lanka: Lorena Alcázar joins Southern Voice on State of the SDGs initial meeting
18/07/2018 → 20/07/2018 Negombo, Sri Lanka Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation
Our senior researcher, Lorena Alcázar, joins the initial meeting between the teams of the Southern Voice on State of the SDGs initiative. GRADE will conduct the study on SDG 4 and 8 titled Poor education and precarious jobs in Peru: Understanding who is left behind and why?
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Hugo Ñopo will be panelist at Sunedu seminar on the challenges and proposals for the Peruvian university
13/07/2018 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Education and learning
Four years after the promulgation of the University Law, the National Superintendence of University Education (Sunedu) will organize the seminar “Challenges and proposals for the Peruvian university”, with the aim of broadening the debate on the current situation and the challenges of the Peruvian university system. Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, will be one of […]
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María Balarin will discuss the state of education in Peru at CIUP conference
09/07/2018 9:10 am - 10:40 am Universidad del Pacífico (Av. Salaverry 2020, Jesús María) Education and learning
Our senior researcher, María Balarin, will join the conference “The challenges of development in Peru”, held by the Research Center of the Universidad del Pacífico on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10, July. During the first day, María will discuss the situation of educational policies in the country, as part of the session “Global trends: comparative visions of Latin […]
- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities