Education

Scaling up information interventions in education

Evidence on schooling decisions in Mexico City reveals what the impact of performance feedback in education would be if implemented at a large scale.

Education

Matteo Bobba Marco Pariguana Verónica Frisancho

Published

01.10.24

School feeding programmes improved attendance in northern Burkina Faso

A school feeding programme in northern Burkina Faso increased school attendance and girls’ enrolment.

Education

Pouirkèta Rita Nikiema

Published

17.09.24

What do we know about literacy learning in adulthood?

To be more effective, adult literacy programmes need to incorporate the neuroscience of how adults learn and how this differs from children.

Education

Jenny Aker James Berry Melita Sawyer

Published

13.09.24

Empowering teachers to drive educational change in Brazil

Enabling teachers to introduce pedagogical innovations can deliver substantial gains in student achievement. An experimental programme in Brazil unveils the importance of supporting teachers and accommodating the multiple constraints students face.

Education

Caio Piza Astrid Zwager Matteo Ruzzante Rafael Dantas Andre Loureiro

Published

06.09.24

Childcare in Africa, image of a woman carrying a baby on her back

Realising childcare’s full potential in low- and middle-income countries

Childcare can contribute to a ‘triple social and economic dividend,’ by improving early childhood development outcomes, increasing women’s participation in the labour market, and creating new jobs and businesses.

Education

Sarah Kabay Rebecca Smith

Published

23.08.24

A trade-off between informativeness and equality in high-stakes standardised testing

Evidence from Brazil's transition to a national college admission exam shows that higher-stakes testing widened socioeconomic test score gaps, yet also improved the exam's ability to predict students' college success.

Education

Germán Reyes Evan Riehl Ruqing Xu

Published

20.08.24

Communicating evidence on education policy

What is the evidence on effective education policies in low- and middle-income countries? How can academics communicate this evidence to policymakers?

Education

Tahir Andrabi

Published

14.08.24

Mexico’s Telesecundarias: A remote learning success story

When does distance learning work? Telesecundarias have operated in Mexico since 1968 and have succeeded in boosting student performance and closing urban-rural gaps. Mexico’s experience provides key lessons on designing effective remote education pro...

Education

Emilio Borghesan Gabrielle Vasey

Published

01.08.24

children in school in Pakistan - European Union, 2020 (photographer Mallika Panorat)

Boosting academic achievement: The role of teacher expectations, information and classroom peers

Communicating tailored high teacher expectations led to large improvements in student performance in Pakistan. Providing reminders about past performance also had similar effects, particularly in environments with low parental literacy, whilst peer m...

Education

Minahil Asim Ronak Jain Vatsal Khandelwal

Published

31.07.24