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- This report highlights the importance of women teachers and the impact they can have on the enrollment and retention of girls in education. It examines why there are often few women teachers, assumptions about women teachers and teacher training and professional development. It also recommends strategies to increase recruitment of women teachers.
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- Jackie Kirk
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001459/145990e.pdf
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- 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. It analyses the results of a study into the impact of this intervention and draws a number of conclusions about its effectiveness at achieving its aim of improving student performance. This report was published by the World Bank in 2012.
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- Futoshi Yamauchi; Yanyan Liu
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/12078
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- This report examines how incentives influence teacher effort, including the number of hours that teachers spend preparing for classes and teacher provision of private tutoring classes outside class hours, using school survey data from Lao PDR. This report was published by WorldBank in 2013.
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- Hai-Anh H. Dang; Elizabeth M. King
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16920
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- This paper evaluates a primary school scholarship program in Cambodia with two different targeting mechanisms for improving participation and achievement, one based on poverty level and the other on baseline test scores. It goes on to describe the results of this evaluation process and makes suggestions for balancing equity and efficiency within the program. This report was published by the World Bank in 2013.
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- Felipe Barrera-Osorio; Deon Filmer
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15901
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- This report discusses the problem of instructional time loss in developing countries. It describes how students in developing countries are often taught for only a fraction of school hours due to informal school closures, teacher absenteeism, early departures and poor use of classroom time. It suggests methods for measuring instructional time loss and describes the effect that this instructional time loss has on student attainment. This report was published by the World Bank in 2009.
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- Helen Abadzi
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4431
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- This report assesses the state of local education governance in a sample of Indonesian districts and how it affects education performance. The study uses a unique survey of 50 local governments conducted in 2009 and 2012, coupled with district level information from household surveys, to identify patterns and explore trends in the relationship between governance and education outcomes. This report was published by the World Bank in 2013.
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- Samer Al-Samarrai
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16765
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- This document outlines a set of courses (curriculum) on media and information literacy designed to be used by teachers to teach them and their students how to identify and assess the quality of information available through the media and other information providers. Part 1 introduces the curriculum rationale (including definitions and benefits of media and information literacies), its design and its main themes while Part 2 details the eleven core and non-core courses (modules) of the curriculum (including key topics, learning objectives and pedagogical approaches and activities for each course section). A glossary is also included which defines key terms used in this document. This document was published by UNESCO in 2011.
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- Carolyn Wilson; Alton Grizzle; Ramon Tuazon; Kwame Akyempong; Chi-Kim Cheung
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/publications-and-communication-materials/publications/full-list/media-and-information-literacy-curriculum-for-teachers/
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- This document discusses the issue of how pupils or students should be grouped together in education systems, exploring uniform or mixed ability classes, segregation among schools and integrated or differentiated education systems. This document was published by UNESCO in 2010.
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- Vincent Dupriez
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- International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001876/187616e.pdf
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- This report presents the results of a survey on codes of conduct for teachers carried out in 24 countries (including India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam) which examined the general perception of teachers' behaviours and attitudes, the content and coverage of the code, code development and design, implementation and dissemination of the code, the monitoring and application of the code and the perceived impact of the code.
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- Pippa McKelvie-Sebileau
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- International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001923/192392e.pdf
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- This document provides guidance to policy-makers on the use of mobile technologies to expand and enrich education. It defines mobile learning, examines the unique benefits of mobile learning, and presents guidelines on creating or updating policies related to mobile learning. This report was published by UNESCO in 2013.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002196/219641e.pdf
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- This paper examines the dynamics of population density and its impacts on household outcomes using data from Indonesia to determine the consequences of rapid population growth. This paper was published by WorldBank in 2014.
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- Yanyan Liu; Futoshi Yamauchi
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17338
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- This report recommends the regulation of private supplementary tutoring, based on examples of tutoring practices in Asia where private tutoring is prevalent. It provides a description of the tutoring sector, explains what, why and who should be regulated, what regulations there should be for different types of tutors and how the regulations could be implemented. This report was published by CERC in 2014.
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- Mark Bray; Ora Kwo
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- Comparative Education Research Center (CERC); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://www.unescobkk.org/education/news/article/regulating-private-tutoring-for-public-good/
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- This report presents a framework that explains how school block grants (SBGs), which gives provinces, districts and schools greater administrative control, can improve education quality, drawing on lessons from international experience and identifying challenges and potential risks to successful implementation of the program. This report was published by WorldBank in 2014.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16715
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- This report examines the impact of school characteristics on the achievement of secondary school students using data from Bangladesh on the test scores of children in religious and secular schools. This report was published by WorldBank in 2006.
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- Mohammad Niaz Asadullah; Nazmul Chaudhury; Amit Dar
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17821
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- This paper analyses data from Cambodia to identify whether there is a direct link between increased enrollment and improving test scores. The study looks at poor students who received scholarships to attend school and their performance in tests and makes a number of conclusions based on the results. This report was published by the World Bank in 2009.
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- Deon Filmer; Norbert Schady
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4190
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- This paper examines the long-term impacts of improved school quality at the elementary school stage on subsequent schooling investments and labor market outcomes using unique data from a recent survey that tracked students in the Philippines. It goes on to analyse the results, drawing a number of conclusions about the importance of linking education and labor markets. This report was published by the World Bank in 2012.
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- Futoshi Yamauchi; Yanyan Liu
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/12109
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- This paper examines inequalities of school and teacher resources and student performance in the Philippines by measuring pupil classroom and teacher ratios and per-pupil teacher salary. This paper was published by WorldBank in 2014.
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- Futoshi Yamauchi; Suhas Parandekar
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16830
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- This paper examines the key aspects of the practices of school-based management (SBM) in Indonesia, and its effect on education quality. It analyses the findings of a parental participation survey which found that parental participation in primary school management is very low. It discusses the impact of increasing this participation as part of school-based management on teacher attendance and student performance. This paper was published by the World Bank in 2011.
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- Dandan Chen
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3572
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- This report provides an update on the state of education in Bangladesh. It describes how educational access has been improved as a result of economic growth, but that educational access is still limited to a small percentage of the population. It goes on to discuss the potential for massive economic growth in Bangladesh and how this can be driven by increasing access to education. It goes on to make educational policy proposals that it suggests would help Bangladesh achieve its aims of becoming a middle income country. This report was published by the World Bank in 2013.
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- The World Bank Group
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16768
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- This document provides practical guidance on ensuring access to quality basic education by supporting policies that remove the education cost barriers to parents and households. It proposes six steps to achieve this goal: ensuring leadership and participation from the start, assessing the situation, establishing priorities, estimating costs and identifying financing, planning for quality and strengthening school governance and accountability. This document was published in 2009.
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- The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The World Bank Group in collaboration with UNICEF
- http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Six_Steps_to_Abolishing_Primary_School_Fees.pdf
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- This report examines ways that the available research on assessment of learning (particularly learning to read) can contribute to improving educational outcomes to improve the quality of education in developing countries.
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- Daniel A. Wagner
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- International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002136/213663e.pdf
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- This report introduces the subject of education and educational attainment in South Asia. It provides a recent history of developments within education, including a substantial increase in access to education across the region. This, it argues, has not been accompanies by an improvement in educational attainment. It analyses the evidence and goes on to suggest why this might be the case, as well as making a number of recommendations for policies that it argues would improve learning outcomes. This report was published by the World Bank in 2014.
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- Halil Dundar; Tara Beteille; Michelle Riboud; Anil Deolalikar
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18407
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- This report provides a framework for analysing current teacher policies and evaluating the standard of teaching, particularly in developing countries. It suggests that teacher effectiveness is a key predictor of student learning and goes on to make a number of policy suggestions for improving the quality of teaching. This report was published by the World Bank in 2012.
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- The World Bank Group
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/11926
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- This report analyses empirical data to identify trends in Cambodian teaching. It takes into account the attributes of teachers, the characteristics of their jobs, their working conditions and how they are responding to the rapidly changing education sector that they work in. It goes on to provide observational data on teacher performance and describes the impact this has on student attainment. This report was published by the World Bank in 2008.
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- Luis Benveniste; Jeffery Marshall; M. Caridad Araujo
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/8073
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- This document discusses the technological, economic and social contexts for educational ICT policy, a framework for ICT policies to transform education and using ICT policy to transform education. It includes a number of case studies, including Singapore's improvements to its ICT infrastructure and implementation of its ICT in Education Master Plans. This document was published by UNESCO in 2011.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/resources/online-materials/single-view/news/transforming_education_the_power_of_ict_policies-1/#.UzvXE6hkQ1I