Projects of Education and learning
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Impact assessment of the Fe y Alegría schools in Peru
During several decades, Fe y Alegría has been considered a successful model for popular sectors in Latin-America. The model is based on a non-for-profit private management under an agreement with the State that provides, among others, teachers and textbooks. However, there is no rigorous evaluation to enable estimating the impact of this model on students’ […]
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Study of the management and educational pedagogical practice in three Peruvian regions
The purpose of the study is to identify school and regional factors that may explain the differences in students’ performance in student census evaluations. To that end, the study proposes analyzing aspects related to administrative and pedagogical management of each educational institute in three Peruvian regions; in two of which, students obtained high performance level […]
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OLPC: development of instruments for follow-up of students (II)
In 2012, a research team of the IADB and GRADE published study on the impact of the OLPC Project in rural areas. This study is based on the original random allocation of laptops to determine the long-term impact of providing laptops to students in zones with high poverty levels, in a series of educational results.
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Study of factors associated to the efficacy of the OLPC Program
An impact evaluation of the program One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) in rural areas, developed by researchers of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and GRADE found that the provision of laptops did not affect performance in comprehension and language tests. This study will perform a secondary analysis of the same database to determine what factors […]
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Preparation of research reports of the OLPC project at home
The purpose of this project is to design and execute the analyses of the project One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) at home, to then prepare research reports. As it may be recalled, within the framework of this project XO laptops were randomly allocated to primary school students in fourteen low-performance schools in Lima. The laptops […]
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Preparation of Base Line for Impact Evaluation of the Program for Improvement of Early Childhood Education in Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Huánuco.
The study consists in the preparation of the base line and the design and proposal of a follow-up and monitoring system for subsequent quasi-experimental evaluation of the Program for Improvement of Early Childhood Education in Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Huánuco. The monitoring and data gathering system include aspects such as infrastructure, materials, accompaniment and training of […]
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The Principal’s role in school: Influence of teaching leadership on academic performance
The study seeks to explore if the teaching leadership exercised by the principal in school has a significant effect on the students academic performance in Mathematics and Reading Comprehension. Furthermore, it will analyze if the effect of the authority leadership is the same for low-performing students and for high-performing students. The study will use the […]
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Teaching and Learning Study: achieving quality for all for the 2013 Annual Report of Educación para Todos (Education for All).
Preparation of a report as contribution for the 2013 Education for All Annual Report with the subject Teaching and Learning: achieving quality for all, with the participation of César Guadalupe, Juan León and Santiago Cueto.
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Baseline: use of time in public educational institutions
The main objective of the study is to know the use of time dedicated within the educational institutions and classrooms (teaching or other activities) and explore other factors or variables (cognitive demand, curricular coverage and classroom atmosphere) that may be associated to the quality of the education secondary school students receive in regular public educational […]
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Design of cognitive tests for the impact evaluation of Qali Warma
Technical assistance will be provided to the Follow-up and Evaluation Office (DGSYE) in the development of instruments to measure short-term memory and attention in school-age children (primary) within the framework of the impact evaluation of the National School Nutrition Program Qali Warma.