Projects of Education and learning
-
Impact Evaluation of the One Laptop per Child Program
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the OLPC program in a series of cognitive, performance and socio-emotional variables of the primary school students in rural schools of Peru. The design was experimental and the first results were gathered in 2009 and the second round results, in 2010.
-
Systematic review of the literature on how to increase teacher attendance in developing countries
The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic review of the literatur on how to increase teacher attendance in developing countries.
-
Exploring factors associated with cognitive abilities of the adult urban population in Peru
The purpose of the study is to perform a systematic review of the literature on how to increase teaching assistance for school classrooms in developing countries.
-
Development of instruments for measurement of child development in Latin America (PRIDI)
PRIDI (Regional Project of Indicators of Child Development) is an initiative led by the IADB to measure levels of child development of children between 24 and 59 months in 5 countries: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay y Peru. Measurements will cover several areas of development as well as aspects of the child’s environment. Santiago Cueto […]
-
Working Group on Standards and Assessment (Fase VII)
In the next 18 months, the group will: conduct 4 studies that (1) monitor and analyze national assessment and standards-setting processes in Latin America, (2) analyze the national policy implications of the 2006 results of the Second Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (SERCE) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), (3) study the extent […]