Projects of Education and learning
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Twelve years of PISA: An education map in Latin America
The Project consists in the elaboration of a comparative study of educational policies implemented in seven countries of the region (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay) between 2000 and 2013. GRADE will support the elaboration in the case of Peru.
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Experimental evaluation of the long-term impact of the program One Laptop per Child in Peru (OLPC)
In 2010, the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) and GRADE worked together in the collection of data and analysis of the One Laptop per Child program (OLPC) with students of rural zones in Peru. The results were published in an IADB work document. This study continues the previous one and seeks to understand how the program […]
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Elaboration of a multiannual programming instrument for public expenses in education
The objective is to build a multiannual programming instrument and simulation of public expenditure in education based on definitions of educational policy as of 2016.
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Elaboration of a methodological proposal for the National Evaluation ECERS-R and EDI in 2014
In order to evaluate the quality of the environment in pre-school centers at national level, as well as the level of students’ performance in 2014, the Ministry of Education will apply the ECERS-R and EDI tests in a representative sample of pre-school education centers. The objective is to elaborate a methodological proposal for the application […]
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Impact assessment of the Fe y Alegría schools in Peru
During several decades, Fe y Alegría has been considered a successful model for popular sectors in Latin-America. The model is based on a non-for-profit private management under an agreement with the State that provides, among others, teachers and textbooks. However, there is no rigorous evaluation to enable estimating the impact of this model on students’ […]
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Study of the management and educational pedagogical practice in three Peruvian regions
The purpose of the study is to identify school and regional factors that may explain the differences in students’ performance in student census evaluations. To that end, the study proposes analyzing aspects related to administrative and pedagogical management of each educational institute in three Peruvian regions; in two of which, students obtained high performance level […]
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OLPC: development of instruments for follow-up of students (II)
In 2012, a research team of the IADB and GRADE published study on the impact of the OLPC Project in rural areas. This study is based on the original random allocation of laptops to determine the long-term impact of providing laptops to students in zones with high poverty levels, in a series of educational results.
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Study of factors associated to the efficacy of the OLPC Program
An impact evaluation of the program One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) in rural areas, developed by researchers of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and GRADE found that the provision of laptops did not affect performance in comprehension and language tests. This study will perform a secondary analysis of the same database to determine what factors […]
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Preparation of research reports of the OLPC project at home
The purpose of this project is to design and execute the analyses of the project One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) at home, to then prepare research reports. As it may be recalled, within the framework of this project XO laptops were randomly allocated to primary school students in fourteen low-performance schools in Lima. The laptops […]
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Preparation of Base Line for Impact Evaluation of the Program for Improvement of Early Childhood Education in Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Huánuco.
The study consists in the preparation of the base line and the design and proposal of a follow-up and monitoring system for subsequent quasi-experimental evaluation of the Program for Improvement of Early Childhood Education in Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Huánuco. The monitoring and data gathering system include aspects such as infrastructure, materials, accompaniment and training of […]
