Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines
This paper examines the impact of a large supply-side education intervention in the Philippines, the Third Elementary Education Project, on students' national achievement test scores. We find that the program significantly increased student test scores at grades 4 to 6. The estimate indicates that t...
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| author | Yamauchi, Futoshi Liu, Yanyan |
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| description | This paper examines the impact of a large supply-side education intervention in the Philippines, the Third Elementary Education Project, on students' national achievement test scores. We find that the program significantly increased student test scores at grades 4 to 6. The estimate indicates that the six-year exposure to the program increases test scores by about 15 score points. Interestingly, the mathematics score is more responsive to this education reform than other subjects. We also find that textbooks, instructional training of teachers, and new classroom constructions particularly contributed to these outcomes. The empirical results also imply that early-stage investments improve student performance at later stages in the elementary school cycle, which suggests that social returns to such an investment are greater than what the current study demonstrates. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1545252025-11-06T06:06:52Z Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines Yamauchi, Futoshi Liu, Yanyan primary education human capital This paper examines the impact of a large supply-side education intervention in the Philippines, the Third Elementary Education Project, on students' national achievement test scores. We find that the program significantly increased student test scores at grades 4 to 6. The estimate indicates that the six-year exposure to the program increases test scores by about 15 score points. Interestingly, the mathematics score is more responsive to this education reform than other subjects. We also find that textbooks, instructional training of teachers, and new classroom constructions particularly contributed to these outcomes. The empirical results also imply that early-stage investments improve student performance at later stages in the elementary school cycle, which suggests that social returns to such an investment are greater than what the current study demonstrates. 2011 2024-10-01T14:02:03Z 2024-10-01T14:02:03Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154525 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Yamauchi, Futoshi; Liu, Yanyan. 2011. Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1121. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154525 |
| spellingShingle | primary education human capital Yamauchi, Futoshi Liu, Yanyan Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines |
| title | Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines |
| title_full | Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines |
| title_short | Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines |
| title_sort | impacts of an early education intervention on students learning achievement evidence from the philippines |
| topic | primary education human capital |
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