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Click on the above icon to participate in an interactive discussion on education decentralization organized jointly by Prof. Mark Hanson from the University of California Riverside and the Education Reform and Management Thematic Group of the World Bank. Read and comment on-line on seven new papers on educational decentralization written by Mark Hanson, John Hawkins, Kwok-Chun Tang, Mark Bray, Hiromitsu Muta, Carlos Ornelas, Flora Ortiz, Rodney Ogawa, Paulina Schieflebein and Ernesto Schiefelbein.

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Abstract: This paper presents a data set that improves the measurement of educational attainment for a broad group of countries.  We extend our previous estimates of educational attainment for the population over age 15 and over age 25 up to 1995 and provide projections for 1000.  We discuss the estimation method for the measures of educational attainment and relate our estimates to alternative international measures of human capital.

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Abstract: Most educational projects implemented in the region in the last two decades do not meet the priorities selected by a group of ten international experts, mainly located in universities and international agencies.  Their answers and costs estimated by the authors are presented in an index of cost-effectiveness of 40 possible primary school interventions.  This index provides a new approach for assessing educational projects.  Rather than reviewing or undertaking empirical research, the authors measure the opinion of leading world educational researchers acquainted with Latin America.  This exercise should be refined and improved by contacting larger numbers of experts, undertaking more sophisticated analyses and trying out a similar approach in other regions (e.g.: Africa and South East Asia).  Result can be used in training courses for upgrading the skills of educational planners.

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Abstract: The paper suggests that international differences in educational institutions explain the large international differences in student performance in cognitive achievement tests.  A micro econometric student-level estimation based on data for more than 260,000 students from 39 countries reveals that positive effects on student performance stem from centralized examinations and control mechanisms, school autonomy in personnel and process decision, competition from private educational institutions, scrutiny of achievement, and teacher influence on teaching methods.  A large influence of teacher unions on curriculum scope has negative effects on student performance.  The findings imply that international differences in student performance are not caused by differences in schooling resources but are mainly due to differences in educational institutions.

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