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Improving Teaching and Learning through Effective Incentives : What Can We Learn from Education Reforms in Latin America?

dc.contributor.author Vegas, Emiliana
dc.contributor.author Umansky, Ilana
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-21T19:27:28Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-21T19:27:28Z
dc.date.issued 2005-02
dc.description.abstract While many Latin American countries have succeeded in providing access to basic education for the great majority of children, educational quality in the region remains very low. In an increasingly global world where workers' skills and knowledge play an ever-important role, countries with predominantly low-skilled workers are doomed to stay behind, their citizens earning low wages, and continuing to miss opportunities to escape poverty and enjoy a better life. From the viewpoint of using scarce resources efficiently, it is troubling that most countries in the region spend much on education, yet the skills that school graduates in Latin America have are not sufficient for them to earn enough for a quality standard of living. Democratizing education, by improving both its coverage and quality, is critical to overcoming the social and economic inequality that plagues Latin America; and, ensuring that all children have the opportunity to learn critical skills at the primary and secondary level is paramount to overcoming skill barriers that perpetuate underdevelopment and poverty. The report presents a simplified schema of the factors that influence student learning, including general resources, education inputs, and processes. For the purposes of this study, the authors divide the education budget into two parts: the teacher compensation budget, and the part of the education budget that is unrelated to teacher pay, the non-teacher education budget. Education policy makers have three main options for improving teaching quality: 1) teacher training and professional development; 2) teacher incentives that impact teachers and how long they remain in the field; and, 3) incentives that affect the work teachers do in the classroom. This study focuses entirely on the second and third options. Though previous studies have addressed questions related to teacher quality and incentives in Latin America, this study is the first to focus on the impact of various policy reforms affecting teachers on teacher quality, and student achievement in multiple Latin American countries. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/6240995/improving-teaching-learning-through-effective-incentives-can-learn-education-reforms-latin-america
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8694
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
dc.subject BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject CLASSROOM CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subject CLASSROOMS
dc.subject COLLABORATION
dc.subject CURRICULUM
dc.subject DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject EDUCATION BUDGET
dc.subject EDUCATION DEGREES
dc.subject EDUCATION FINANCE
dc.subject EDUCATION INDICATORS
dc.subject EDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subject EDUCATION POLICY
dc.subject EDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subject EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject EDUCATION STANDARDS
dc.subject EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
dc.subject EDUCATORS
dc.subject EFFECTIVE TEACHERS
dc.subject ENROLLMENT
dc.subject ENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subject EQUAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject EXPERIENCED TEACHERS
dc.subject FINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subject INNOVATIONS
dc.subject KEY ROLE
dc.subject KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LEADERSHIP
dc.subject LEARNING
dc.subject LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject LEARNING GOALS
dc.subject LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject LITERACY
dc.subject LOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject MATHEMATICS
dc.subject NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject NET ENROLLMENT
dc.subject OCCUPATIONS
dc.subject PAPERS
dc.subject POLITICAL CONTEXT
dc.subject POOR PERFORMANCE
dc.subject PRIMARY GOAL
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject PRINCIPALS
dc.subject PRIVATE EDUCATION
dc.subject QUALIFIED TEACHERS
dc.subject QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject READING
dc.subject REGIONAL INEQUALITIES
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL SCHOOLS
dc.subject SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SCHOOLING
dc.subject SCHOOLS
dc.subject SECONDARY LEVEL
dc.subject STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject STUDENT PERFORMANCE
dc.subject TEACHER
dc.subject TEACHER BEHAVIOR
dc.subject TEACHER CERTIFICATION
dc.subject TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject TEACHER EVALUATION
dc.subject TEACHER INCENTIVES
dc.subject TEACHER PAY
dc.subject TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject TEACHER QUALITY
dc.subject TEACHER RECRUITMENT
dc.subject TEACHER SALARIES
dc.subject TEACHER SELECTION
dc.subject TEACHER TRAINING
dc.subject TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS
dc.subject TEACHER UNIONS
dc.subject TEACHERS
dc.subject TEACHING
dc.subject TEACHING MATERIALS
dc.subject TEACHING METHODS
dc.subject TEACHING PRACTICE
dc.subject TEACHING PROFESSION
dc.subject TEACHING QUALITY
dc.subject TEST SCORES
dc.subject UNDERDEVELOPMENT
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject URBAN SCHOOLS
dc.subject VOUCHERS
dc.subject VULNERABLE CHILDREN
dc.title Improving Teaching and Learning through Effective Incentives : What Can We Learn from Education Reforms in Latin America? en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/6240995/improving-teaching-learning-through-effective-incentives-can-learn-education-reforms-latin-america
okr.globalpractice Education
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000012009_20050822162326
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 6240995
okr.identifier.report 33266
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2005/08/22/000012009_20050822162326/Rendered/PDF/33266.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.sector Education :: General education sector
okr.topic Education :: Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topic Tertiary Education
okr.topic Education :: Primary Education
okr.topic Secondary Education
okr.topic Education :: Education For All
okr.unit Chief Economist (LCRCE)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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