de Hoyos, RafaelGarcia-Moreno, Vicente A.Patrinos, Harry Anthony2015-08-172015-08-172015-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22436In 2009, the Mexican state of Colima implemented a low-stakes accountability intervention with diagnostic feedback among 108 public primary schools with the lowest test scores in the national student assessment. A difference-in-difference and a regression discontinuity design are used to identify the effects of the intervention on learning outcomes. The two alternative strategies consistently show that the intervention increased test scores by 0.12 standard deviations only a few months after the program was launched. When students, teachers, and parents in a school know that their scores are low, and this triggers a process of self-evaluation and analysis, the process itself may lead to an improvement in learning outcomes. Information on quality, without punitive measures but within a supportive and collaborative environment, appears to be sufficient to improve learning outcomes.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOSKILLSGRADE RETENTIONSCHOOL SYSTEMPUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLSUNIVERSITY DEGREECOLLEGEGRADUATE DIPLOMASCHOOL TEACHERSNATIONAL SCHOOLTEACHERSSCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMEDUCATION AUTHORITIESMATH TESTSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESNUMBER OF SCHOOLSEDUCATION OF TEACHERSPERFORMANCE IN MATHSCHOOLINGPEDAGOGICAL TOOLSTUITIONMATH SCORESGROUPSSTRATEGIESAVERAGE TEST SCORESSUBJECT AREASPAPERSSCHOOL CENSUSEXAMOPEN ACCESSTEACHER UNIONSLITERACYKNOWLEDGEPRINCIPALSSCHOOL PRINCIPALSQUALITY OF EDUCATIONTRAININGEDUCATION POLICIESSCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANTESTSGRADUATEEDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIESECONOMICS OF EDUCATIONMOBILITYGRADE SCHOOLSSTUDENT OUTCOMESLETSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTLEARNINGSTANDARDIZED TESTSEDUCATION SYSTEMRESEARCHSCHOOL QUALITYTEACHINGTEST SCORESSCHOOL LEVELAVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTSDIPLOMASEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMSPRIMARY SCHOOLSSUBJECTSSCHOOL SIZESCHOOL YEARSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDYSTUDIESSTUDENT POPULATIONSCIENCENATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMSACADEMIC AREASSCHOOLSSTUDENTSTUDENT MOBILITYCOMMUNITY SCHOOLSLEARNING OUTCOMESEDUCATION SERVICESSTUDENT PERFORMANCEMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONAVERAGE SCORESCHOOL LEADERSACHIEVEMENTINNOVATIVE EDUCATIONREPORT CARDSSTATE EDUCATIONSCHOOL IMPROVEMENTCURRICULUMTEACHERSTUDENT - TEACHER RATIOQUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICESONLINE ACCESSTEACHER RATIOEDUCATION PROGRAMSQUALITY EDUCATIONSTUDENT/TEACHER RATIOEDUCATIONSCHOOL PERFORMANCESTATISTICSSCHOOL DIRECTORSSCHOOL SUPERVISIONDECENTRALIZATIONPUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERSSCHOOL SUPERVISORSGIRLSPUBLIC SCHOOLPUBLIC SCHOOLSUNIVERSITYSTUDENTSINTERVENTIONSNUMBER OF STUDENTSAGE-GRADE DISTORTIONGOALSCLASSROOMCLASSROOMSSCHOOLPERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLSNUMBER OF TEACHERSSTUDENT LEARNINGACADEMIC YEARFUTURE RESEARCHWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7393