Some Remarks on the Effectiveness of Primary Education Interventions

Arbeitspapier

In this paper I survey the recent economics of education literature in order to identify which education policies can effectively improve the quality of primary schooling, as measured by pupil test-based achievements. Particular attention is devoted to the experience of England, a country which has made substantial investments over the past decade aimed at improving its primary education. Evidence suggests that broadly scoped resource-based programmes deliver less than more targeted policies. Additionally, a growing body of research shows that interventions that enhance choice and competition among education-service providers, and motivate teachers through pecuniary rewards, have some scope in raising education standards. I conclude my survey by discussing some broad concerns with modes of education provision centred on choice and competition, mainly pupil segregation along the lines of ability and family background.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Policy Paper ; No. 5

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Education and Research Institutions: General ; Education: Government Policy ; National Government Expenditures and Education ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Thema: primary schools ; resources ; choice and competition ; incentives ; Bildungspolitik ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Bildungsökonomik ; Bildungsniveau ; Welt ; England

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Silva, Olmo
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/91783
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ