Carneiro, Pedro.
School Grants and Education Quality Experimental Evidence from Senegal / Pedro Carneiro. [electronic resource] : Pedro Carneiro. - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2016. - 1 online resource (43 p.) - Policy research working papers. World Bank e-Library. .
The effect of increasing school resources on educational outcomes is a central issue in the debate on improving school quality. This paper uses a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which allowed schools to apply for funding for improvements of their own choice. The analysis finds positive effects on test scores at lower grades that persist at least two years. These effects are concentrated among schools that focused funds on human resource improvements rather than school materials, suggesting that teachers and principals may be a central determinant of school quality.
10.1596/1813-9450-7624
Child Development
Clustered Randomized Control Trials
Decentralization
Quality of Education
School Resources
School Grants and Education Quality Experimental Evidence from Senegal / Pedro Carneiro. [electronic resource] : Pedro Carneiro. - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2016. - 1 online resource (43 p.) - Policy research working papers. World Bank e-Library. .
The effect of increasing school resources on educational outcomes is a central issue in the debate on improving school quality. This paper uses a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which allowed schools to apply for funding for improvements of their own choice. The analysis finds positive effects on test scores at lower grades that persist at least two years. These effects are concentrated among schools that focused funds on human resource improvements rather than school materials, suggesting that teachers and principals may be a central determinant of school quality.
10.1596/1813-9450-7624
Child Development
Clustered Randomized Control Trials
Decentralization
Quality of Education
School Resources