Long-Lived Consequences of Rapid Scale-Up? The Case of Free Primary Education in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102872

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Long-Lived Consequences of Rapid Scale-Up? The Case of Free Primary Education in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries

dc.contributor.author	Filmer, Deon
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-31T19:58:51Z
dc.date.available	2023-08-31T19:58:51Z
dc.date.issued	2023-08-31
dc.description.abstract	This study explores whether Free Primary Education reforms in 6 Sub-Saharan Africa countries affected the quality of teachers in a way that can be detected several years after the reform. It does so by analyzing student- and teacher-level data collected between 5 (Togo) and 16 (Uganda) years after FPE was implemented and comparing outcomes for teachers were hired just before versus just after the policy. Across the 6 countries in the study, grade 4 students of teachers who were hired after the FPE reform perform worse on language and math tests than students of teachers who were hired before the reform. The effects are statistically significant for the language test. Teachers who were hired just after the reform also perform worse on tests of subject content knowledge than those hired before the reform. These average effects mask substantial variation across countries: the gaps are large and significant in some countries but negligible in others. There are few systematic differences associated with being hired pre- or post-reform in teacher demographic characteristics, education and training, or teacher classroom-level behaviors.	en
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Educational Development
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/40306
dc.identifier.issn	0738-0593
dc.identifier.uri	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40306
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.publisher	Elsevier
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	FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject	TEACHER QUALITY
dc.title	Long-Lived Consequences of Rapid Scale-Up? The Case of Free Primary Education in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries
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okr.associatedcontent	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0738059323001487?via%3Dihub Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.title	Long-Lived Consequences of Rapid Scale-Up? The Case of Free Primary Education in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries
okr.date.disclosure	2023-08-31
okr.date.disclosure	2023-08-31
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102872
okr.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40306
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.geographical	Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.topic	Education::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topic	Education::Curriculum & Instruction
okr.topic	Education::Education Reform and Management
okr.unit	DECRG
okr.volume	102
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