Class Size and Learning: Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?

doi:10.1093/wber/lhac025

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Class Size and Learning: Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?

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dc.contributor.author	Datta, Sandip
dc.contributor.author	Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-28T21:09:53Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-28T21:09:53Z
dc.date.issued	2023-01-11
dc.description.abstract	Whether class-size reductions improve student learning outcomes is an important policy question for India. This paper investigates the issue using a credible identification strategy to address the endogeneity of class size. Pupil fixed effects combined with value-added estimation show no significant relationship between class size and student achievement, which suggests that under current teaching practices, there is no learning gain from reducing class size. If these findings, based on a small sample in one city, hold true for the entire country, they have important policy implications. When generalized, our findings suggest that India experienced a value-subtraction from spending on reducing class sizes, and that the US3.6 billion dollars it spends annually on the salaries of the 0.4 million new teachers appointed between 2010 and 2017 is wasteful spending rather than an investment in improving learning. These findings imply that India could save US19.4 billion dollars per annum by increasing PTR to 40, without any reduction in pupil learning.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	The World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41320
dc.identifier.issn	0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41320
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Economic Review
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	CLASS SIZE
dc.subject	STUDENT LEARNING
dc.subject	PUPIL FIXED EFFECTS
dc.subject	VALUE ADDED APPROACH
dc.subject	COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.title	Class Size and Learning	en
dc.title.subtitle	Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?	en
dc.type	Journal Article
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okr.crossref.title	Class Size and Learning: Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?
okr.date.disclosure	2024-03-28
okr.date.lastmodified	2023-09-11T00:00:00Z	en
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1093/wber/lhac025
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okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.country	India
okr.topic	Education::Education For All
okr.topic	Education::Curriculum & Instruction
okr.topic	Education::Education and Society
okr.unit	VP Dev Econ & Chief Economist (DEC)
okr.volume	37 (1)
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