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Equivalent Years of Schooling: A Metric to Communicate Learning Gains in Concrete Terms

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dc.contributor.authorYuan, Fei
dc.contributor.authorEvans, David K.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-21T21:57:06Z
dc.date.available2019-02-21T21:57:06Z
dc.date.issued2019-02
dc.description.abstractIn the past decade, hundreds of impact evaluation studies have measured the learning outcomes of education interventions in developing countries. The impact magnitudes are often reported in terms of "standard deviations," making them difficult to communicate to policy makers beyond education specialists. This paper proposes two approaches to demonstrate the effectiveness of learning interventions, one in "equivalent years of schooling" and another in the net present value of potential increased lifetime earnings. The results show that in a sample of low- and middle-income countries, one standard deviation gain in literacy skill is associated with between 4.7 and 6.8 additional years of schooling, depending on the estimation method. In other words, over the course of a business-as-usual school year, students learn between 0.15 and 0.21 standard deviation of literacy ability. Using that metric to translate the impact of interventions, a median structured pedagogy intervention increases learning by the equivalent of between 0.6 and 0.9 year of business-as-usual schooling. The results further show that even modest gains in standard deviations of learning -- if sustained over time -- may have sizeable impacts on individual earnings and poverty reduction, and that conversion into a non-education metric should help policy makers and non-specialists better understand the potential benefits of increased learning.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/123371550594320297/Equivalent-Years-of-Schooling-A-Metric-to-Communicate-Learning-Gains-in-Concrete-Terms
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8752
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31315
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8752
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectIMPACT EVALUATION
dc.subjectLEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subjectLIFETIME EARNINGS
dc.subjectYEARS OF SCHOOLING
dc.subjectNET PRESENT VALUE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.titleEquivalent Years of Schoolingen
dc.title.subtitleA Metric to Communicate Learning Gains in Concrete Termsen
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okr.crossref.titleEquivalent Years of Schooling: A Metric to Communicate Learning Gains in Concrete Terms
okr.date.disclosure2019-02-19
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/123371550594320297/Equivalent-Years-of-Schooling-A-Metric-to-Communicate-Learning-Gains-in-Concrete-Terms
okr.guid123371550594320297
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8752
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0869a231c_1_0
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
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okr.topicEducation::Economics of Education
okr.topicEducation::Educational Sciences
okr.topicEducation::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.unitOffice of the Chief Economist, Africa Region and the World Development Report 2018 Team
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