World Bank2012-06-132012-06-132008-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7961The importance of education to the socioeconomic and political development of nations is widely discussed in the education policy literature. This study seeks to identify the good policies and practices that lead students in some municipal school systems in Brazil to obtain better results than would be expected based purely on socioeconomic factors. This report is divided into four sections. The next section, section two, explains in detail the rationale and motivation for the study. Section three explains the conceptual framework for the qualitative field research. It provides a succinct but detailed explanation of the methodology used, elaborating on issues such as the definition of study samples and the design of the field research instruments. Section four presents the main results of the analysis and identifies the principal education policy factors that appeared to help some municipal school systems obtain better-than-expected Prova Brasil results. Section five presents 12 municipal 'success stories' in a loose narrative format. These narratives serve as examples of how different combinations of good practices can translate into results in a variety of actual situations. Lastly, we offer some final considerations in closing.CC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC PERFORMANCEADULTSAGE OF STUDENTSAVERAGE SCOREBASIC DISCIPLINESBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC LITERACYCALLCAREERCHILDREN WITH DISABILITIESCHURCHESCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCLASSROOMCOMMITMENT TO EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTCURRICULAR ACTIVITIESCURRICULUMCURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTCURRICULUM PLANDECENTRALIZATIONDIDACTIC MATERIALSDISCIPLINESDISSERTATIONEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONECONOMICS OF EDUCATIONEDUCATED POPULATIONEDUCATION ADMINISTRATIONEDUCATION BUDGETEDUCATION COMMUNITYEDUCATION CYCLEEDUCATION DEPARTMENTEDUCATION ENVIRONMENTEDUCATION FOR YOUTHEDUCATION INFRASTRUCTUREEDUCATION INITIATIVESEDUCATION LEADERSEDUCATION LEADERSHIPEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATION PLANNINGEDUCATION PLANSEDUCATION POLICIESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION PROFESSIONEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTEDUCATIONAL STUDIESEFFECTS OF EDUCATIONELEMENTARY EDUCATIONEMPLOYMENTENROLLMENT OF STUDENTSETHICSEXAMEXCLUSIVE EDUCATIONEXPANSION OF EDUCATIONFAMILY LIFEFORMAL EDUCATIONFREQUENCY OF VISITSFUNDAMENTAL EDUCATIONGENERAL EDUCATIONGRADE REPETITIONGRADUATE LEVELGRADUATE STUDIESHIGH DROP-OUT RATESHOMEWORKHUMAN DEVELOPMENTILLITERACYIMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATION POLICIESINCENTIVES FOR TEACHERSINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINSTRUCTION METHODSINTERVENTIONSJOB MARKETKINDERGARTENLABOR FORCELEARNING CAPACITYLEARNING PROCESSLECTURESLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLITERACY PROCESSLITERACY SKILLSLITERACY TRAININGLITERATURELOCAL SCHOOLSMATHEMATICSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMUNICIPAL EDUCATION SECRETARIATSMUNICIPAL SCHOOLMUNICIPAL SCHOOL SYSTEMMUNICIPAL SCHOOLSNATIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL EDUCATION POLICYNATIONAL SCHOOLNATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION TESTNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATENUMBER OF SCHOOLSNUMBER OF STUDENTSPARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONPERFORMANCE OF STUDENTSPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPROFESSIONAL TEACHERSPROFESSIONAL TRAININGPUBLIC SCHOOLSQUALIFIED TEACHERSQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY INSTRUCTIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICESQUALITY OF INSTRUCTIONQUALITY OF TEACHERSREADINGREASONINGREGIONAL EDUCATIONREPETITION RATESRESEARCHERSRIGHT TO EDUCATIONRURAL AREASRURAL STUDENTSSCHOOL ADMINISTRATIONSCHOOL ADMINISTRATORSSCHOOL BUILDINGSCHOOL BUILDINGSSCHOOL COMMUNITYSCHOOL COUNCILSCHOOL EFFECTIVENESSSCHOOL ENVIRONMENTSCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURESCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL MAINTENANCESCHOOL MEALSCHOOL MEALSSCHOOL NUTRITIONSCHOOL PERFORMANCESCHOOL PRINCIPALSSCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL SUPERVISIONSCHOOL SUPERVISORSSCHOOL SUPPORTSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOL SYSTEMSSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYSPECIAL EDUCATIONSTANDARDIZED TESTSSTATE EDUCATIONSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT PERFORMANCETEACHERTEACHER SALARIESTEACHER TRAININGTEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMSTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNICAL EXPERTISETENURETERMS OF STUDENT PERFORMANCETERTIARY EDUCATIONTEST SCORESTRAINING COURSESUNIVERSITY DEGREEWORK EXPERIENCEWORKERSWorld Bank10.1596/7961