World Bank2012-05-312012-05-3120070-8213-7017-0https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6745One of the principal challenges in reducing poverty and accelerating development in Peru is improving the quality of education. This book is a contribution from the World Bank to the debate over how to improve the quality of education. The book has three main recommendations that, to be successful, should be implemented sequentially. First, it is necessary to generate basic standards, quality goals, and quality measurement systems. Second, once quality can be measured a clear system of accountability should be implemented based on these standards and quality goals. Third, once there are standards and systems of accountability, investment is needed to strengthen the institutional capacity of the providers.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCREDITATIONACHIEVEMENTSACTIVE LEARNINGADDITIONADULT EDUCATIONAVERAGE SCOREBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC KNOWLEDGEBASIC TEXTBOOKSBILINGUAL EDUCATIONBILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMCAREERSCEICHILD LABORCIVIL SOCIETYCLASSROOMCLASSROOM ACTIVITIESCLASSROOM LEVELCLASSROOM MANAGEMENTCLASSROOM TIMECOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOLLEGESCOMPLETION RATESCOMPREHENSIONCOUNTRY STUDIESCRITICAL THINKINGCURRICULACURRICULUMDECENTRALIZATIONEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONEARLY GRADESEARLY LITERACYEDUCATION EXPENDITUREEDUCATION FINANCEEDUCATION INDICATORSEDUCATION MINISTEREDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL BENEFITSEDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTEDUCATIONAL EXPENDITUREEDUCATIONAL FACTORSEDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCEEDUCATIONAL QUALITYEFFECTIVE SCHOOLSENROLLMENT BY GENDERENROLLMENT LEVELSENROLLMENT RATEENROLLMENT RATIOSEVALUATION OF EDUCATIONEXAMFIRST LANGUAGEGENDER EQUITYGENDER PARITYGENDER PARITY INDEXGIRLSGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOSGROSS TERTIARY ENROLLMENTHIGH SCHOOLHOME LANGUAGEHOMEWORKINFORMATION SYSTEMSINSERVICE TRAININGINSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIESINTELLECTUALSINTERVENTIONSLANGUAGESLATIN AMERICANLEARNERSLEARNINGLEARNING ACHIEVEMENTLEARNING GOALSLEARNING MATERIALSLEARNING OUTCOMESLEVEL OF STUDENT PERFORMANCELEVELS OF LITERACYLIBRARIESLITERATUREMASS LITERACYMATHEMATICSMEANINGMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMOTHER LANGUAGEMOTHER TONGUENET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATIONET ENROLLMENT RATIOSPAMPHLETSPAPERSPARENTAL INVOLVEMENTPARENTAL SATISFACTIONPARTICIPATORY EDUCATIONPEDAGOGICAL PRACTICESPEDAGOGYPRIMARY COMPLETIONPRIMARY COMPLETION RATEPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPRINCIPALSPRINTINGPROFICIENCYPROVISION OF EDUCATIONPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC SCHOOLPUBLIC SCHOOLSPUPIL SPENDINGPUPIL-TEACHER RATIOPUPIL-TEACHER RATIOSQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF INFRASTRUCTUREQUALITY OF INSTRUCTIONQUALITY OF TEACHERSQUALITY OF TEACHINGRADIORATES OF RETURNRATES OF RETURN ON EDUCATIONREADINGREADING ABILITYREADING MATERIALSREPEATERSREPETITIONRETIRED TEACHERSRETURNS TO EDUCATIONRURAL AREASSCHOOL AUTONOMYSCHOOL BUDGETSSCHOOL COMPLETIONSCHOOL CURRICULUMSCHOOL EFFECTIVENESSSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL GRADUATESSCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURESCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL LIBRARIESSCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL MATERIALSSCHOOL READINGSCHOOL SUPPLIESSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOLINGSCIENCE STUDYSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATESSERVICE TRAININGSKILLED TEACHERSSOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL PARTICIPATIONSPEAKINGSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSSTUDENT LEARNINGSUBJECT MATTERTEACHERTEACHER APPRAISALTEACHER COSTSTEACHER EVALUATIONTEACHER PAYTEACHER PERFORMANCETEACHER PREPARATIONTEACHER QUALITYTEACHER RECRUITMENTTEACHER SALARIESTEACHER SELECTIONTEACHER SUPPLYTEACHER SUPPORTTEACHER TRAININGTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING EXPERIENCETERTIARY EDUCATIONTEXTBOOKTEXTBOOK PROVISIONTRAINING COURSESTRAINING NEEDSUNIVERSITIESURBAN SCHOOLSYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7017-9