Publication: An Impact Evaluation of Sri Lanka's Policies to Promote the Academic Performance of Primary School Students through School Improvement and Report Card Programs
Date
2011-05
ISSN
Published
2011-05
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The Government of Sri Lanka's
Education Sector Development Framework and Program (ESDFP)
initiated a major development innovation for primary and
secondary education for the period 2006-2010. Their strategy
was organized around four key themes: improving equitable
access to basic and secondary education; improving the
quality of basic and secondary education; enhancing the
economic efficiency and equity of resource allocation; and
strengthening service delivery (Ministry of Education,
2007). Under each theme there were a number of key
development initiatives. Among these, the program for school
improvement, through which the government sought to
introduce school-based management, constituted an important
innovation. A smaller intervention, the school report card
program, was also introduced to inform schools on their
performance. The World Bank supported the ESDFP through a
programmatic sector-wide operation, the Education Sector
Development Project (ESDP), and a range of analytical
activities of key initiatives. The Program for School
Improvement (PSI) was a central element of the World
Bank's support under the ESDP. The World Bank undertook
an impact evaluation of the PSI, as part of its analytical
assistance to this program. This report presents the
findings of this assessment, and comprises five sections.
First, there is a concise description of school-based
management. Second, there is a discussion of the PSI and
School Report Card Program (SRCP) in Sri Lanka. Third, the
analytical framework and results of the impact evaluation
are discussed. Fourth, the findings and results of the
analysis are discussed. Fifth and finally, a set of
recommendations are presented for the future of the PSI and
the SRCP.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2011. An Impact Evaluation of Sri Lanka's Policies to Promote the Academic Performance of Primary School Students through School Improvement and Report Card Programs. South Asia human development sector;report
no. 35. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17970 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”